Balasore: Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was successfully test-fired from a base in Odisha's Chandipur on Tuesday, Defence sources said.
The land-attack version of the missile was test-fired from a mobile autonomous launcher at Launch Complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here at around 8.30 am, they said.
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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) today successfully test fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile off the coast of Odisha in which it was launched with an advanced indigenous seeker. The target of the missile was a ship. pic.twitter.com/Xkmt7TJHUM
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The trial of the surface-to-surface missile was successful, meeting all the parameters, a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) source said.
The BrahMos missile is a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile capable of being launched from submarines, ships, fighter jets or land. (PTI)
