Block II Supersonic BrahMos missile successfully test fired second time.

[godsavetheworld]

Supersonic BrahMos missile successfully test fired in Pokhran
29 Mar 2009, 1334 hrs IST, PTI



NEW DELHI: For the second time in a month, the Block II version of the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile with a striking range of 290 km,
successfully hit its target during a test at the Pokhran firing range on Sunday, DRDO officials said.

"The missile was successfully launched at 1115 hours in the morning and in the next two-and-a-half minutes, it hit the bull's eye in the Pokhran firing range in Rajasthan," an official said.

This was the third test-firing of the latest Block II version of the missile.

During the test, Army's Director General of Military Operations Lieutenant General A S Sekhon, Artillery School Commandant Lt Gen Rao and Additional Director General (Artillery) Major General V K Tiwari were present.

The launch of the latest land attack version of the missile being developed for the Army was also witnessed by DRDO's chief controller and BrahMos aerospace chairman A Sivathanu Pillai and DRDL director P Venugopalan.

After Sunday's test, officials said the development phase of the Block II version of the missile was over and it was ready for induction in the Army. They said the mission objectives of the test were completely fulfilled.

In the first test on January 20, the missile failed to hit its target due to glitches in the homing device of the missile. The missile had taken off successfully but deviated from its path in mid-course and landed far away from its target. Sources said the defects were rectified at the time of the last test when it went on to hit the target.

They said that the "unique" technology in the Block II missiles made them "unparalleled" and would help the armed forces hit even "insignificant targets" hidden in cluster of buildings.

"The new seeker is unique and would help us to hit our targets, which are insignificant in terms of size, in a cluster of large buildings. India is now the only nation in the world with this advanced technology," an official claimed.

DRDO officials claimed that BrahMos would be able to start deliveries of the 240 missiles ordered by the Army in two years from now as per the original schedule. The Army has already inducted one regiment of the Block I version of the missile. BrahMos is an Indo-Russian joint venture company with its headquarters in Delhi

 

[NSG_BlackCats]

Great News. Congratulation to DRDO..
Now it is time to work on a cruise missile with a longer range.

 

[Contrarian]

Good Job...!

 

[godsavetheworld]

The great thing is that India is today the only country in the world to have developed such an advanced technology that can track and strike even the most insignificant objects at supersonic speeds.

Now thats what I call an achievement!!

 

[freakunleashed92]

wow !!!
congrats to DRDO and all the scientistswho have worked on this

 

[Gabbar]

VIDEO OF THE TEST.

 

[Gabbar]

SELF DELETE!!!

 

[ejaz007]

India Tests BrahMos Cruise Missile: Official
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Published: 29 Mar 10:08 EDT (14:08 GMT)

NEW DELHI - India's military on March 29 successfully tested a surface-to-surface version of the BrahMos cruise missile which it has developed jointly with Russia, a defense ministry spokesman said.

The missile was fired from the Pokhran range in the western desert state of Rajasthan, bordering Pakistan, that was also the site of India's nuclear tests in 1998.

The BrahMos has a range of 290 kilometers (180 miles) and can carry a 300-kilogram (660-pound) conventional warhead.

A version of the BrahMos is already used by the Indian navy and, following the March 29 test, the missile was now also ready for the army, the Press Trust of India news agency said.

First tested in June 2001, the missile is named after India's Brahmaputra River and Russia's Moskva River.


India Tests BrahMos Cruise Missile: Official - Defense News

 

[gubbi]

VIDEO OF THE TEST.

1NOkwGoxMFo[/media] - brahmos block II

Got a technical question...during the initial few seconds of the launch you see (for want of a better term) retro rockets firing to give orientation to the missile when it turns few seconds into the launch. Why go for extra rockets to maneuver the missile instead of using anterior fins for direction? Those are disposable rockets as you can see them being jettisoned after they fire.

This is excellent news given that BraMos was badly maligned in these forums by some members because it failed only one test a few months back! (on a silly nationalistic note - in your face naysayers!)

 

[sms]

Army mum on BrahMos success

NEW DELHI/JAISALMER: Army’s objective to induct the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as a “precision-strike weapon” took a small step forward onSunday with the missile being tested at the Pokhran range for the second time this month.

While DRDO promptly claimed the BrahMos Block-II missile had hit the “bull’s-eye”, the Army was reluctant to dub it “a success” without “detailed analysis”.

The Army’s reluctance comes in the backdrop of the first test of this Block-II BrahMos flopping on January 20, as was reported by TOI earlier, with software glitches making the 290-km range missile completely miss the intended target.
The launch was witnessed by DG military operations Lt Gen A S Sekhon and commandant, School of Artillery, Lt Gen K R Rao.
Army mum on BrahMos success - Jaipur - Cities - The Times of India

 

[Gabbar]

Army mum on BrahMos success

NEW DELHI/JAISALMER: Army’s objective to induct the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as a “precision-strike weapon” took a small step forward onSunday with the missile being tested at the Pokhran range for the second time this month.

While DRDO promptly claimed the BrahMos Block-II missile had hit the “bull’s-eye”, the Army was reluctant to dub it “a success” without “detailed analysis”.

The Army’s reluctance comes in the backdrop of the first test of this Block-II BrahMos flopping on January 20, as was reported by TOI earlier, with software glitches making the 290-km range missile completely miss the intended target.
The launch was witnessed by DG military operations Lt Gen A S Sekhon and commandant, School of Artillery, Lt Gen K R Rao.
Army mum on BrahMos success - Jaipur - Cities - The Times of India

They just want to make sure. What happend last time where DRDO claimed success but army said otherwise and that lead to missile's credibility issue.
Just have to sit back and wait for army to complete it's analysis.

 

[nikhil]

Thank god sum of our stuff workz
LOL

 

[LCA]

I think we can take this as IA confirmation of test and its lethality(accuracy)

The Hindu News Update Service

Army wanted BrahMos to achieve high standards of accuracy

New Delhi (PTI): The three trials of BrahMos cruise missile were aimed at testing the effectiveness of the new special sensor integrated in the missile to hit the desired target in an urban environment accurately, a top army officer said on Monday.

Vice Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Noble Thamburaj, said Army had enhanced its aspirations and wanted the BrahMos to achieve high standards of accuracy.

"Accuracy was the mantra. We had wanted a special sensor to be integrated in the missile so that it can hit the desired target accurately from among similar kind of targets in an urban environment," he told reporters on the sidelines of a defence seminar here.

He said the last three trials have been to test the effectiveness of the new sensor.

"On behalf of the Army, I would like to congratulate the scientists for conducting an extremely successful third test of BrahMos," he said.

 

[Gabbar]

I think we can take this as IA confirmation of test and its lethality(accuracy)

The Hindu News Update Service

Army wanted BrahMos to achieve high standards of accuracy

New Delhi (PTI): The three trials of BrahMos cruise missile were aimed at testing the effectiveness of the new special sensor integrated in the missile to hit the desired target in an urban environment accurately, a top army officer said on Monday.

Vice Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Noble Thamburaj, said Army had enhanced its aspirations and wanted the BrahMos to achieve high standards of accuracy.

"Accuracy was the mantra. We had wanted a special sensor to be integrated in the missile so that it can hit the desired target accurately from among similar kind of targets in an urban environment," he told reporters on the sidelines of a defence seminar here.

He said the last three trials have been to test the effectiveness of the new sensor.

"On behalf of the Army, I would like to congratulate the scientists for conducting an extremely successful third test of BrahMos," he said.

I guess we now we should put missile's credibility issue to bed. Good job DRDO.

 

[Gabbar]

BrahMos ready for induction: Army

NEW DELHI: The Army on Monday gave the green signal for the induction of the new version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, which has been
developed to act as a precision-strike weapon in a "clustered urban environment''.

Army vice-chief Lt-Gen Noble Thamburaj said the third test of the 290-km-range BrahMos Block-II missile, the first test of which had failed on January 20, at Pokhran on Sunday had been analyzed to be "extremely successful''.

"Accuracy was the watchword. We had wanted them (BrahMos Aerospace) to include a new sensor in the missile. That is what these last three trials were all about. Because more than the naval version, in Army, we wanted the missile to distinguish between similar kind of targets in urban areas,'' he said.

"The process of induction will now start. After carrying out the three field trials, the Army is absolutely satisfied,'' he added, on the sidelines of a seminar organised by Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS).

Both Army and Navy are already inducting the BrahMos Block-I missiles. While Army has ordered two BrahMos regiments in the first phase at a cost of Rs 8,352 crore, with 134 missiles, 10 road-mobile autonomous launchers on 12x12 Tatra vehicles and four mobile command posts, the Navy has ordered 49 BrahMos firing units at a cost of Rs 711 crore.

Pointing out the importance of "firepower'' during combat, Lt-Gen Thamburaj said the missile's "accuracy, lethality and range'' made it "a deadly combination''.

The Army vice-chief said it was important to possess both short and long-range artillery weapon systems because the battlefield was "no longer linear''. "We got to apply our firepower on targets in depth with our special forces operating there during battle. So, longer range weapons give the commander greater flexibility,'' he added.

As reported earlier, the eventual plan of armed forces is to have nuclear-tipped land-attack cruise missiles with strike ranges in excess of 1,500 km.