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India tests BrahMos missile from underwater
Wednesday March 20, 2013 08:17:22 PM,
IANS
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Bhubaneswar:
India Wednesday successfully tested the supersonic cruise missile
BrahMos from underwater in the Bay of Bengal off the Andhra
Pradesh coast, an official said.
Congratulating the scientists for the successful launch of the
missile, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said: "It is a wonderful
achievement and a proud moment for India."
"The submarine-launched version of the missile was test-fired at
2.10 p.m. from a submerged platform off the coast of Visakhapatnam,"
BrahMos Aerospace spokesperson Praveen Pathak told IANS.
"This was the first time that a supersonic cruise missile was
launched vertically from a submerged platform," he said.
"The missile took off vertically for its full range of 290 km.
Following a pre-defined trajectory, it emerged from water and took
a turn towards the designated target, meeting all mission
objectives," he said.
"All the telemetry and tracking stations, including Indian naval
ships positioned throughout the flight path, confirmed the
pin-point accuracy of the mission," Pathak added.
The BrahMos missile can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300
kg. It has a top speed of Mach 2.8, 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 and aircraft. Sea and
ground launched versions of the missile have been successfully
tested and put into service with the Indian army and Navy.
The missile system has been jointly developed by India and Russia.
Chief executive officer and managing director of BrahMos Aerospace
A. Sivathanu Pillai said the Brahmos missile is fully ready for
fitment in the Indian navy in a vertical launch configuration,
which will make it one of the most powerful weapons in the world.
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