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BrahMos missile successfully test-fired from Sukhoi jet

Nov 23, 2017, 14:01 IST

In a big leap towards inducting this deep surgical strike capability, the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, which flies almost three times the speed of sound at Mach 2.8, was successfully tested for the first time from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet in the Bay of Bengal at about 10.40 am on Wednesday morning. The air-breathing missile, after the "gravity-drop" of around 200 metres from the fighter that had taken off from the Kalaikunda airbase, kicked off its booster to attain supersonic speed within seconds and then zoomed ahead to hit the ship or "battle practice target" with pinpoint accuracy to blow it to smithereens at a range of 260-km.

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