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Wed, 03/04/2009 - 22:45
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New version of BrahMos missile test fired successfully
New Delhi, Mar 4 (PTI) After failing to hit its target
in the previous test, a new version of the 290 km-range
supersonic BrahMos cruise missile was Wednesday successfully
test launched at a firing range at Pokhran in India's northern
state of Rajasthan.
"The Block II BrahMos missile was successfully launched
at 1030 hours this morning," officials of Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO), who have developed the weapon
system in collaboration with Russia scientists, told PTI.
The missile "took two-and-a half-minutes to strike its
target in the Pokhran firing range in Rajasthan," they said.
The test launch was witnessed by India's Deputy Army
Chief (Planning and Systems) Lt Gen M S Dadwal among others.
The latest land attack version of the missile has been
developed for the Army and the weapon was fired in a
vertical-launch configuration, the officials said.
The earlier test of the Indo-Russian joint venture
missile was carried out on January 20 when after a successful
take off, it deviated from its course mid-way and failed to
hit the target.
The officials said that a "defect" in the software of
the homing device of the missile had been rectified leading to
its successful test Wednesday.
The officials said the "unique" technology in the
Block II BrahMos version made the missile an "unparalleled"
one giving the armed forces the ability to hit targets in
building clusters.
"The new seeker system is unique and it will help us
to hit the targets, which may be insignificant in terms of
size, in a cluster of large buildings. We are the only nation
having this advanced technology," they claimed.
Some more launches of the Block II BrahMos system will
be carried out since the Army has made it clear that it will
induct the supersonic missile's new version only after it
proves its capabilities in a series of tests to be conducted
in the near future.
The officials said that the Army will start receiving
deliveries of the 240 missiles ordered by it in two years from
now as per the original schedule.
The Army has already armed one regiment with the Block
I version of the missile. BrahMos, which is an Indo-Russian
joint venture company, has its headquarters in Delhi.
in the previous test, a new version of the 290 km-range
supersonic BrahMos cruise missile was Wednesday successfully
test launched at a firing range at Pokhran in India's northern
state of Rajasthan.
"The Block II BrahMos missile was successfully launched
at 1030 hours this morning," officials of Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO), who have developed the weapon
system in collaboration with Russia scientists, told PTI.
The missile "took two-and-a half-minutes to strike its
target in the Pokhran firing range in Rajasthan," they said.
The test launch was witnessed by India's Deputy Army
Chief (Planning and Systems) Lt Gen M S Dadwal among others.
The latest land attack version of the missile has been
developed for the Army and the weapon was fired in a
vertical-launch configuration, the officials said.
The earlier test of the Indo-Russian joint venture
missile was carried out on January 20 when after a successful
take off, it deviated from its course mid-way and failed to
hit the target.
The officials said that a "defect" in the software of
the homing device of the missile had been rectified leading to
its successful test Wednesday.
The officials said the "unique" technology in the
Block II BrahMos version made the missile an "unparalleled"
one giving the armed forces the ability to hit targets in
building clusters.
"The new seeker system is unique and it will help us
to hit the targets, which may be insignificant in terms of
size, in a cluster of large buildings. We are the only nation
having this advanced technology," they claimed.
Some more launches of the Block II BrahMos system will
be carried out since the Army has made it clear that it will
induct the supersonic missile's new version only after it
proves its capabilities in a series of tests to be conducted
in the near future.
The officials said that the Army will start receiving
deliveries of the 240 missiles ordered by it in two years from
now as per the original schedule.
The Army has already armed one regiment with the Block
I version of the missile. BrahMos, which is an Indo-Russian
joint venture company, has its headquarters in Delhi.
