IAF successfully carries out test-fires of BrahMos missiles

23 Oct 2019

IAF successfully carries out test-fires of BrahMos missiles

IAF successfully carries out test-fires of BrahMos missilesThe Indian Air Force (IAF) has successfully completed test-fires of two BrahMos Surface-to-Surface missile over the last two days.

These tests were conducted at Trak Island in Andaman & Nicobar on 21 and 22 October.
 	Both missiles successfully hit the targets 300 km away.
 	An IAF official said, "Firing of the missile has enhanced IAF's capability to engage the grounds targets with pinpoint accuracy from a mobile platform".

BrahMos

The BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarine, ships, aircraft, or land. Supersonic missiles travel faster than the speed of sound.
 	BrahMos is the fastest supersonic cruise missile in the world.
 	The missile has been created by BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture between Russia's NPO Mashinostroyeniya and India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). NPO Mashinostroyeniya is a rocket design bureau based in Reutov, Russia.
 	BrahMos Aerospace is currently developing BrahMos-II, a hypersonic missile, which will travel five times faster than the speed of sound.

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