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BrahMos missile to be tested from Sukhoi fighter jet for 1st time this week

This air-to-ground BrahMos missile can be easily used to destroy terror camps situated inside the enemy territory or take out underground nuclear bunkers

After long development plan, BrahMos comes into its own
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BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is all set for the test fire from  Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet for the first time this week. 

The deadly combination of a fighter jet with cruise missile which flies almost three times the speed of sound at Mach 2.8, will be another feather in Indian Navy and Defence. 

Earlier this year, Indian Navy successfully test-fired land attack version of BrahMos missile at the Andaman and Nicobar islands which were first sea-to-land missile test in the country.

Developed by a joint venture India's Defence Research and Development Organization and Russia's NPO Mashinostroeyenia, BrahMos are the first choice

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