BrahMos test fired successfully
Jaisalmer, March 04: India on Wednesday successfully test fired supersonic cruise missile BrahMos in Pokharan.
Initial reports citing DRDO officials said that the new version of cruise missile BrahMos hit target during its test firing in the test range. The test was earlier scheduled for February 20 but had to be postponed due to technical glitches.
The test of the missile, which has a range of 290 km and speeds touching 2.8 times that of sound, was necessitated because of an earlier failure on January 20 when there were minor hitches in the last stage of the missile.
Th failure was attributed to some problems in the software that guides the missile.
The software problem was addressed and rectified to ensure that the missile hits the target at short range with equal efficiency and accuracy, following which todays test took place.
BrahMos missile is a joint Indo-Russian venture and is considered one of the best in its class.