NEW DELHI (BNS): India on Sunday successfully test fired BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile from a vertical launcher fitted in a moving warship INS Ranvir from off Orissa coast.
BRAHMOS was launched from INS Ranvir at 1130 hours IST, official sources said here.
The missile performed supersonic maneuvering following the exact flight path and homed on to the decommissioned target ship INS Meen.
"The launch met all mission requirements and was 100 per cent successful,'' Dr. A S Pillai, CEO and MD of BrahMos Aerospace, confirmed.
This would mean that the missile, which has a range of 290-km and flies at a speed of 2.8 Mach, can take on a target lying anywhere in the 360-degree range of the ship.
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