India successfully test fires user trial version of Brahmos supersonic cruise missile

India successfully test fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a Chandipur off Odisha coast. The Brahmos missile development is an Indo-Russian collaborative project.

• Range: 290 km
• Can carry conventional warhead of 300 kg
• Surface-to-surface Army version
• Two-stage missile
• Can fly at zero level

The name BrahMos is derived from the names of the two great rivers of India and Russia — Brahmaputra and Moskva.

India successfully test fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a Chandipur off Odisha coast.

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012