BrahMos supersonic cruise missile test fired from Navy’s stealth destroyer

Various versions of the Brahmos including those which can be fired from warships, submarines and fighters jets have already been developed and successfully tested. (File)

In its yet another successful test, the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired on Sunday from Indian Navy's indigenously-built stealth destroyer INS Chennai, hitting a target in the Arabian Sea, Ministry of Defence said.

The missile hit the target successfully with pin-point accuracy after performing high-level and extremely complex manoeuvres, Ministry of Defence said in an official statement on Sunday.
The MoD statement said that BrahMos as ‘prime strike weapon' will ensure the warship's invincibility by engaging naval surface targets at long ranges, thus making the destroyer another lethal platform of Indian Navy.

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While the missile has been in India's arsenal for long, it is continuously upgraded and updated with new hardware and software systems. This is what necessitates periodic tests of the missile. DRDO scientists said that in every such test of a specific variant of Brahmos, different parameters are put to examination. Though the exact details are rarely…