INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS SUPERSONIC CRUISE MISSILE

INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS SUPERSONIC CRUISE MISSILE

The missile was launched around 10.45 a.m. on 29^th July,2012, from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur in Balasore district, about 230 km from here. "It was an experimental repeat of a previous version," M.V.K.V. Prasad, director of the test range.

The BrahMos has a range of 290 km and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300 kg. It has a top speed of Mach 2.8, which is about three times faster than the US subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile. This makes BrahMos one of the fastest cruise missiles in the world.The missile can be launched from submarines, ships and aircrafts. Sea and ground launched versions of the missile have been successfully tested and put into service with the army and navy.

Prof. John Kurakar