The Indian Navy successfully test-fired the BrahMos missile from a warship off the Goa coast. It is a 290- km range, supersonic cruise missile, capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg. The missile is developed by Indo-Russian joint venture.
The missile was test-fired from guided missile frigate INS Teg. It is a two-stage missile, the first one solid and the second one ramjet liquid propellant. It has already been inducted into the Army and Navy, and the Air Force version is in final stage of trial.
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Indian navy successfully test-fires BrahMos
October 9th, 2012 | Comment|
India test fires “Dhanush” Successfully
October 7th, 2012 | Comment|
India successfully test fired naval version of Prithvi missile-Dhanush, from a naval ship off the coast of Balasore, Odisha. The missile is indigenously developed by DRDO.
Dhanush Missile
- Naval version of Prithvi missile
- Nuclear capable
- Ballistic missile
- Range: 350km
India test-fires Prithvi-II ballistic missile successfully
October 6th, 2012 | Comment|
India successfully test-fired Prithvi-II ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur of Balasore district, off Odisha coast.
Prithvi-II missile
- Surface to surface ballistic missile
- Indigenously developed by DRDO
- Variants: Prithvi-I for the Army; Prithvi-II for the Indian Air Force; and the Dhanush for the Navy
- Single-stage, Liquid-propelled
- Advanced inertial navigation, control and guidance system
- Payload capacity: 500-1,000 kg
- Range: 350 km
India, China to boost the Defense Ties
October 4th, 2012 | Comment|
India and China agreed to enhance defense ties. Both the countries agreed on improving the friendly, strategic and co-operative partnership and exchange of young officers and high level visits. They also agreed on inter-collegiate exchange that includes non-traditional security fields. During the joint Naval Exercise in Shanghai, both the countries agreed on furthering the process of military exchange that includes maritime operations and navy.
AGNI-IV successfully test fired
September 21st, 2012 | Comment|
AGNI-IV was successfully test fired from the Wheeler’s Island in Odisha. The missile was fired from the road mobile launcher.
The main features of AGNI-IV:
- Nuclear capable ballistic missile
- Range: 4000kms
- Propelled by composite rocket motor technology
- Equipped with Avionics, 5th generation on Board Computer
- Latest features to correct and guide for in-flight disturbances
- Fitted with Ring Laser Gyro based Inertial Navigation System (RINS) and Micro Navigation System (MINGS) for advanced accuracy





