DRDO successfully test-fires BrahMos supersonic missile 

NE NEWS SERVICE

BALASORE, DEC 17

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired the Supersonic Cruise Missile BrahMos from a base in Odhisha’s Chandipur on Tuesday, sources in the Defence said.

The land-attack version of the missile was test-fired from a mobile autonomous launcher at Launch Complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here at around 8.30 am, a report said.

The trial of the surface-to-surface missile was successful, meeting all the parameters, a DRDO source said.

The BrahMos missile is a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile capable of being launched from submarines, ships, fighter jets or from land, the sources added.