India successfully test-fires BrahMos missile from INS Kolkata

India on Saturday successfully test-fired the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile from INS Kolkata in Arabian sea, an official said.The launch was flawless and the missile met all its designed parameters, BrahMos Aerospace spokesperson Praveen Pathak said.

The Indian Navy commissioned INS Kolkata on August 16, 2014. This is the first ship of this class, with two more in the pipeline.All the three ships will be equipped with the vertical-launched BrahMos system as the prime strike weapon.The Universal Vertical Launcher Module (UVLM) being used in these has a unique design, developed and patented by BrahMos Aerospace.

The UVLM has the benefits of stealth and permits launching of the missile vertically in any direction.BrahMos chief Sudhir Mishra congratulated the BrahMos Team and Indian Navy on the successful mission.

The BrahMos has a range of 290km and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300 kg. It has a top speed of Mach 2.8, which is about three times faster than the US subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile. This makes BrahMos one of the fastest cruise missiles in the world.

It can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft and land.”BrahMos Missile fired from INS Kolkota hits target with accuracy during TROPEX-2015 in the Arabian Sea,” Sitanshu Kar, Spokesperson, Ministry of Defence, said.

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Source: Indiatoday

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