BrahMos Missile Featuring Indigenous Booster Successfully Flight Tested

The BrahMos LACM was tested to its full 290km range and was cruising at a top speed of Mach 2.8. By DA Staff / 08 Oct 2020

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A BrahMos surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile featuring an indigenous Booster and Airframe Section and Indian-made propulsion system, airframe, power supply and other sub-systems, has been successfully flight tested from from the Indian missile test range, Chandipur in Odisha on the Bay of Bengal.

The BrahMos Land-Attack Cruise Missile (LACM) was tested to its full 290km range during the launch jointly conducted by DRDO and BrahMos Aerospace, and was cruising at a top speed of Mach 2.8.

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh congratulated all the personnel of DRDO and team BrahMos for the successful mission. Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Secretary DD R&D and Chairman DRDO congratulated the scientific community and wider industry for this feat.

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The successful launch has paved the way for the serial production of the indigenous booster and other indigenous components of the powerful BrahMos Weapon System.

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