BrahMos cruise missile tested successfully

The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, jointly developed by India and Russia, was successfully tested from the Interim Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here today.

Fired from a mobile launcher at the ITR, 15 km from here, at 11.21 am, the sleek missile met all mission parameters, defence sources said.

This was the 14th launch of the missile, which has a range of 290 km. It has also been tested from a naval destroyer in the past.

Taking off vertically from launch pad three of the ITR, BrahMos followed its predetermined course, leaving a trail of thick white smoke, the sources said.

After the sophisticated missile blasted off from the launcher, its trajectory was tracked by ground instruments and radars for detailed analysis, they said.

BrahMos was developed under an Indo-Russian joint venture programme following an agreement signed by the two countries on February 12, 1998.