India successfully test-fires anti-ship version of BrahMos missile.
India, on Tuesday 01 December 2020, successfully test-fired anti-ship version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The test was part of the trials being conducted by the Indian Navy.
The test comes on the backdrop of a series of missile launches in the recent past. A test was also undertaken on November 25 by the Indian Air Force (IAF). The fastest cruise missile in its class, BrahMos has a speed of 2.8 Mach or almost three times the speed of sound.
The missile has been jointly developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India, and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) of Russia, through the joint venture BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.
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