This development comes after India successfully tested the missile with an Indian-made seeker in Rajasthan’s Pokhran in March. India has been developing seekers for a number of its ingeniously developed missiles. This test of BrahMos comes just months after India successfully test-fired an air-launched version of the missile, called BrahMos-A, from a Su-30MKI fighter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) over the Bay of Bengal. India plans to modify Su-30MKIs of the IAF to carry the air-launched BrahMos missile. The effort to arm IAF’s upgraded MiG-29s, Rafale jets and Indian Navy’s MiG-29Ks are also underway. For this, lighter and smaller-diameter versions of the supersonic cruise missile are being developed. India is currently working on extending the range of the missile to 800 km, reports say. The range of the missile has already been extended to 400 km. Also Read: Why Su-30 Plus BrahMos Will Be India’s Most Potent Weapons Package<doc-sep>BrahMos will be soon part of the Air Force fighter jet Sukhoi 30 MKI. A BrahMos supersonic missile was successfully test fired today (July 16) with an aim to "increase its life". The test-firing was carried out under extreme conditions. This successful flight test carried out by BrahMos Aerospace and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at 10:30 am from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) Balasore to validate the life extension technologies. The test-firing was aimed at increasing the missile's life from 10 to 15 years. BrahMos missile has a flight range of up to 290km with supersonic speed all through the flight, leading to shorter flight time, consequently ensuring lower dispersion of targets, quicker engagement time and non-interception by any known weapon system in the world. The missile can cruise at speeds of up to Mach 3.0, or three times the speed of sound. BrahMos missile has a flight range of up to 290 km. Missile destructive power has also been enhanced due to a large kinetic energy on impact. It's cruising altitude can be up to 15km and the terminal altitude is as low as 10 meters. It carries a conventional warhead weighing 200 to 300kg. BrahMos missile has already been inducted in Indian Army and Navy. It will be soon part of the Air Force fighter jet Sukhoi 30 MKI. (With inputs from PTI) ALSO READ: 10 things about BrahMos supersonic cruise missile ALSO READ: BrahMos-equipped Su-30MKIs hit bull's eye as Gaganshakti-2018 concludes<doc-sep>The BrahMos has demonstrated multiple abilities, such as land-attack, anti-ship, and capability of being launched from different platforms. (Representational Image/Reuters) The BrahMos has demonstrated multiple abilities, such as land-attack, anti-ship, and capability of being launched from different platforms. (Representational Image/Reuters) Despite heavy downpour across Odisha, India on Monday successfully test-fired the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from a military base at Balasore district. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tweeted: BRAHMOS, the supersonic cruise missile was successfully tested from Integrated Test Range at Balasore, Odisha… The test was under extreme weather conditions with sea-state 7 (waves as high as 9 m). Her tweet added that “This successful @DRDO_India trial validates the extension and reinforces the all-weather capabilities of the BRAHMOS missile”. The missile was tested as part of the service life extension program for the Indian Army. This successful @DRDO_India trial validates the extension and reinforces the all-weather capabilities of the BRAHMOS missile. 2/2@nsitharaman @adgpi — Raksha Mantri (@DefenceMinIndia) July 16, 2018 A press release from the Ministry of Defence said the missile was fired at 10:17 am, from a Mobile Autonomous Launcher. “The precision strike missile followed the designated trajectory and the key components functioned perfectly”, the release said, adding that the event was witnessed by senior army officials and scientists with the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). The word BrahMos is a portmanteau derived from the names of two rivers- Brahmaputra in India and Moskva in Russia. The missile is a joint venture between the Defence Ministry’s research arm DRDO and Moscow-based rocket design bureau NPO Mashinostroyeniya (NPOM). The BrahMos has demonstrated multiple abilities, such as land-attack, anti-ship, and capability of being launched from different platforms. DRDO and the Indian Army last test fired a supersonic BrahMos cruise missile on May 24.<doc-sep>Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was successfully test fired on Monday morning off the Odisha coast from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, PTI reported. The missile flew in its decided trajectory, meeting its mission objectives, Defence Research and Development Organisation officials said. BrahMos is the world’s fastest supersonic missile, which can fly at almost three times the speed of sound. The guided cruise missile is being developed jointly by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, and Russia’s NPOM. It is named after two rivers – India’s Brahmaputra and Russia’s Moskva. The test was conducted as part of the missile’s life extension programme. “BrahMos is the first missile whose life has been extended from 10 years to 15 years,” an unidentified official told The New Indian Express. “The technology will make missile systems durable. The test was aimed at gauging its killing probability in extreme conditions.” The missile was also test fired on May 21 to validate its extension programme. India had tested another BrahMos missile in Pokhran in March.<doc-sep>
It has a strike range of around 290 km and is described as the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile. Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos on Monday was successfully flight-tested under extreme weather conditions as part of the service life extension programme for the Army. “The missile followed the designated trajectory and the key components functioned perfectly. BrahMos has again proved its all-weather capability, flying in sea state 7, with waves as high as nine metres,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement. (Sea state is the degree of turbulence at sea, generally measured on a scale of 0 to 9 according to average wave height). The missile was fired from a mobile autonomous launcher at 10.17 a.m. from the Integrated Test Range at Balasore, Odisha. BrahMos, a joint venture between India and Russia, has been demonstrated in various configurations in land-attack, anti-ship and from the air. The Army and the Navy have already inducted the missile, while the air-launched variant is undergoing trials. It has a strike range of around 290 km and is described as the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile. Nirmala congratulates scientists Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman congratulated the scientists, officials of Brahmos and the Army for the successful test firing of the missile. Senior Army officials and scientists from DRDO and Brahmos witnessed the trial. “Brahmos missile has established itself as a major force multiplier in modern-day complex battlefields with its impeccable land-attack, anti-ship capabilities with multi-role and multi-platform abilities,” the Ministry said. Monday’s flight-testing follows the May 21 and 22 trials, in which the major sub-systems manufactured indigenously under the ‘Make in India’ campaign were tested. (With inputs from PTI )