India tests BrahMos cruise missile (Lead)
September 5th, 2010 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANSBhubaneswar, Sep 5 (IANS) India Sunday successfully test fired supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from a military base in Orissa, an official said.
The missile was tested for the army from the Integrated Test Range of Chandipur in Balasore, some 230 km from Bhubaneswar, director of the test range S.P. Dash told IANS.
“The launch met all mission requirements. It was a 100 percent fantastic launch,” he said.
India and Russia are jointly designing the Bramhos missile, which is capable of carrying conventional warheads upto 200-300 kg and have a range of 290 km.
The missile is named after the Brahmaputra (India) and Moskva (Russia) rivers.
- India tests BrahMos cruise missile - Dec 02, 2010
- India tests BrahMos cruise missile (Second Lead, Changing dateline) - Sep 05, 2010
- India tests BrahMos cruise missile (Lead) - Dec 02, 2010
- India successfully tests BrahMos cruise missile (Second Lead) - Dec 02, 2010
- India test fires BrahMos cruise missile - Sep 05, 2010
- India tests BrahMos supersonic cruise missile - Mar 30, 2012
- Thousands evacuated in Orissa ahead of missile test - Dec 02, 2010
- India successfully tests BrahMos supersonic cruise missile (Lead) - Mar 30, 2012
- India successfully test fires BrahMos cruise missile (Night Lead) - Dec 02, 2010
- BrahMos cruise missile achieves supersonic dive (Second Lead) - Sep 05, 2010
- Army to order mountain-strike BrahMos regiment soon (Lead) - Mar 31, 2012
- Indian Army inducts second cruise missile unit close to Pakistan border - Mar 04, 2012
- Army to order mountain-strike BrahMos regiment soon - Mar 31, 2012
- Work on BrahMos' hypersonic version to begin this year: Russian official - Jun 12, 2011
- Successful trial of supersonic BrahMos cruise missile - Aug 12, 2011
Tags: army, brahmaputra, chandipur, conventional warheads, cruise missile, india tests, kg, launch, military base, moskva, orissa, rivers, russia, supersonic cruise missile brahmos, test range