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The Indian Army carried out testing of the land attack version of the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile at the Pokhran test range in Rajasthan on March 29.
The scientists from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) who have developed this missile in collaboration with Russia claimed that the land attack version of BrahMos block-II was tested from a mobile autonomous launcher at Pokhran test range by the Indian Army. The missile took off successfully and hit the desired target at bull’s eye meeting all mission parameters.
However, the Indian Army did not make their results of the second test public. Sources in the Indian Army said that after a thorough analyses of the test, the Army will announce its opinion.
This is the second launch this month and third this year for the block-II version for the Army. In the first test, the missile failed to hit the target. The Army kept the results of the second test under wraps even though DRDO termed it successful.
DRDO said in a statement, “With this launch, the requirement of Army for the land attack version with block-II advanced seeker software with target discriminating capabilities has been fully met and this version is ready for induction” , adding that the missile will provide an enhanced capability to the Army for selection of a particular land target among a group of targets.
The Indian Army conducted the second test of the BrahMos cruise missile under the supervision of Director General Military Operations Lt. Gen. AS Sekhon, Commandant School of Artillery, Lt. Gen. KR Rao and Additional Director General Artillery Maj. Gen. VK Tiwari.
The Indian Army is already operating the land-fired version of the BrahMos, with the first battery entering service in June 2007. Each battery is equipped with four mobile launchers mounted on heavy 12×12 Tatra transporters. The Army plans to induct three more such batteries.
While the Indian Navy is using the anti-ship naval version with its integration on the destroyer INS Rajput, with two other ships of the same class to be similarly equipped. The BrahMos missiles will also be fitted on the three Kolkata class destroyers which are currently under construction.
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