Guwahati: The Indian Navy successfully test-fired a long-range BrahMos cruise missile on Saturday.
The Navy in a tweet said that the test-firing proved the BrahMos missile’s long-range precision strike capability.
“Long range precision strike capability of advanced version of BrahMos missile successfully validated. Pin point destruction of target demonstrated combat and mission readiness of frontline platforms. Yet another shot in the arm for Aatmanirbhar Bharat,” the Navy tweeted.
Long range precision strike capability of Adv version of #BrahMos missile successfully validated.
Pin point destruction of tgt demonstrated combat & mission readiness of frontline platforms.
Yet another shot in the arm for #AatmaNirbharBharat#IndianNavy #CombatReady & #Credible pic.twitter.com/NKl3GoHwbB— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) March 5, 2022
The Navy tests the BrahMos one of the world’s most destructive cruise missiles on a regular basis.
India tested a land-attack version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in November 2020 from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Meanwhile, the air version of the BrahMos missile was tested in December of last year when it was fired from a Sukhoi 30 MK-I supersonic fighter plane. The test was conducted off the coast of Odisha at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur. The successful test-fire of the fighter jet was a big achievement since it opened the way for the air version of the BrahMos missiles to be mass-produced in the country.