In one of the major breakthrough moments, India successfully test fired the world’s fastest and most formidable anti-ship cruise missile- BrahMos. The missile was fired with an indigenous seeker at a Pokhran test range in Rajasthan on March 22. BrahMos hit its designated target with pinpoint accuracy at 8:42 this morning.
Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation for the successful fight test
“Formidable Supersonic Cruise Missile BrahMos was successfully flight tested at 8:42 AM today at Pokhran test range, Rajasthan. The precision strike weapon with Indian-made seeker flew in its designated trajectory and hit the target with pin-point accuracy,” tweeted the defence ministry.
Formidable Supersonic Cruise Missile #BrahMos was successfully flight tested at 8:42 AM today at Pokhran test range, Rajasthan.
The precision strike weapon with Indian-made seeker flew in its designated trajectory and hit the target with pin-point accuracy.@PIB_India @MIB_India— Raksha Mantri (@DefenceMinIndia) March 22, 2018