WATCH | Indian Navy Successfully Test-Fires Extended Range BrahMos Missile

Both the BrahMos missile and INS Chennai are built in India and highlight the cutting-edge of the Indian missile and ship-building prowess.

WATCH | Indian Navy Successfully Test-Fires Extended Range BrahMos Missile (Image: Twitter)

New Delhi: The Indian Navy on Saturday successfully test-fired an extended-range land attack BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the stealth destroyer INS Chennai.

According to the Navy officials, conducted in the Arabian Sea under Western Naval Command, the missile hit its intended target with a pinpoint accuracy after traversing an extended range trajectory and performing some complex manoeuvres during the demonstration.

Taking to its official Twitter handle, the Indian Navy wrote, “Long range precision strike capability of Adv version of #BrahMos missile successfully validated. Pin point destruction of tgt demonstrated combat & mission readiness of frontline platforms. Yet another shot in the arm for # AatmaNirbharBharat.”

Long range precision strike capability of Adv version of #BrahMos missile successfully validated.
Pin point destruction of tgt demonstrated combat & mission readiness of frontline platforms.
Yet another shot in the arm for #AatmaNirbharBharat#IndianNavy #CombatReady & #Credible pic.twitter.com/NKl3GoHwbB

— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) March 5, 2022

Both the BrahMos missile and INS Chennai are built in India and highlight the cutting-edge of the Indian missile and ship-building prowess.

They also underline the Indian Navy's contribution towards the endeavours of ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ and ‘Make in India’.

This achievement also establishes the Indian Navy's ability to strike even deeper and influence land operations further away from sea as and when required, the Navy officials said.

Notably, the air-launched variant of the BrahMos was successfully test-fired from a Sukhoi-30MKI in November 2017.

The BrahMos has been inducted into the Indian Navy and Army from the year 2006, but the air-launched version is more versatile because unlike the warships which are slow-movers, a fast-moving Sukhoi-30 fighter can travel a distance of at least 1,500 km towards a target before the missile itself is fired. The missile then flies another 400 km to take out a target.