After the Doklam incident, the Indian defence has upped the ante with respect to testing. of missile systems. On Tuesday (November 24), the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) test-fired a land attack version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
As per a new report by ANI, “India today test-fired a land attack version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory. The target of the missile was on another island there,”
“The supersonic missile was cruise missile was testfired at 10 AM today and it successfully hit its target. The test was conducted by the Indian Army which has many regiments of the DRDO-developed Missile system. The strike range of BrahMos missile has now been enhanced to over 400 km,” it said further quoting sources.
India on November 24, successfully test-fired a land-attack version of the #BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The missile was test-fired at 10 am today, and it successfully hit the target, which was on another island. pic.twitter.com/yPYmbLApfl
— The Logical Indian (@LogicalIndians) November 24, 2020
Tension has been simmering at the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan and the Line of Actual Control with China and there are reports that India will carry out “multiple live tests” of the supersonic missile this week.
It must be noted, DRDO had test-fired at least 10 missiles in just 35 days and of tests of BrahMos missile was conducted INS Chennai on October 18.
BrahMos Aerospace is a joint venture between the DRDO and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyeniya and was established on February 12,1998. Its name is a combination of India’s Brahmaputra and Russia’s Moskva rivers.
Presently India is in negotiation to sell the BrahMos medium-range supersonic cruise missile to the Island nation of the Philippines which is in the South China Sea.
The BrahMos missile can be launched from submarine, ships, aircraft or land and is the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile, as well as the fastest anti-ship cruise missile in operation.
India is currently in the process of developing the BrahMos-II, a hypersonic version of the missile.