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India test fires cruise missile
India has successfully test fired a BrahMos surface-to-surface missile at Pokhran in the Rajasthan desert northwest of the country."Today land attack version of BrahMos Block-II was tested from a mobile autonomous launcher at Pokhran test range by the Indian Army," the Indian army's military's research wing said in a Sunday statement. "The missile took off successfully and hit the desired target at bull's eye, meeting all mission parameters," the statement added. New Delhi's test-launch was part of the test of a missile system which India is developing in collaboration with Russia. The surface-to-surface missile had failed to hit its target during an earlier test on January 20 due to what the Indian army described as a 'defect' in the missile's homing device software. It hit the target during a second test on March 4. The BrahMos missile has a range of 290 km (180 miles) and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300 kg (660 lbs). Experts estimate that India could purchase up to 1,000 BrahMos missiles for its armed forces over the next ten years. Posted by: john frum 2009-03-29 |
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