India test fires Brahmos cruise missile
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, Feb 4, IRNA
India-Brahmos-test fires
The Brahmos supersonic cruise missile was test fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near Balasore in the Eastern Indian State of Orissa Sunday.
After a vertical lift-off at 12.15 pm from launch pad number three at the ITR, 15 km from here, the surface-to-surface missile rose into the sky leaving behind a ribbon of white smoke, reported Press Trust of India.
"The launch was successful but we will have to analyze data for making an evaluation," a defence source said.
The launch was carried out from a mobile launcher, with an indigenously built multi-axle Tatra truck serving as the base platform.
The trajectory of the missile's flight was tracked by
sophisticated instruments and radars on a ship located close to the point of impact in the Bay of Bengal, the sources added.
The Brahmos -- named after the Brahmaputra and Moskva rivers -- was developed by a joint venture company set up by India and Russia following an agreement signed by the two countries on February 12, 1998.
Since its first test on June 12, 2001, from the ITR complex, it has undergone a dozen successful trials.
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