INS Mormugao Fires Maiden BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile, Hits 'Bulls Eye'. IN PICS

Using its frontline guided missile destroyer INS Mormugao, the Indian Navy successfully test fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on Sunday.

A BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired by the Indian Navy on Sunday

INS Mormugao, India's latest guided-missile destroyer, successfully hit 'bulls eye' during her maiden BrahMos supersonic cruise missile firing, a Navy official said. (Source: PTI)

Officials said the missile firing was another shining symbol of 'Aatmanirbharta' and Indian Navy's firepower at sea. (Source: PTI)

BrahMos Aerospace, an India-Russian joint venture, produces the supersonic cruise missiles that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or land platforms. (Source: PTI)

BrahMos missile flies at a speed of 2.8 Mach or almost three times the speed of sound. (Source: PTI)

India is also exporting the BrahMos missiles. In January last year, India sealed a USD 375 million deal with the Philippines for supplying three batteries of the missile. (Source: Indian Navy)

INS Mormugao is the second of the four Vishakhapatnam-class destroyers commissioned on December 18, 2022. It is equipped with sophisticated weapon system such as surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles. (Source: IndianNavy)