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India test fired 'Brahmos' missile

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

New Delhi, May 31, IRNA
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India on Wednesday test fired a surface-to-surface version of the Indo-Russian Brahmos cruise missile in Pokhran desert, Gujarat state.

The 12th land-to-land test firing of the missile was carried out by trained army personnel in the presence of Army Chief General J J Singh and other top brass, giving India a new capability of mounting nuclear warheads on land-based supersonic missiles.

Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has already built a specialized wheeled launch vehicle for the missile and officials said that the supersonic missile with a range of over 300 km was test fired from this mobile launcher.

"The missile followed a pre-determined trajectory at a very low altitude impacting with precision on a designated land target," officials said.

Singh, who was present at the launch, termed the test as 100 percent successful.

Also present to witness the test firing were scientific advisor to the defense minister, Dr M Natrajan and Dr A Sivathanu Pillai, chief executive officer of the Brahmos Aerospace program.

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