Indian Navy tests supersonic cruise missile, demonstration "successful"
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New Delhi: The Indian Navy successfully test-fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from INS Mormugao, a Visakhapatnam-class destroyer ship.
Officials said that the missile firing demonstrated the navy's firepower at sea. The location of the test-firing is not known.
"INS Mormugao, the latest guided-missile destroyer, successfully hit 'bull's eye' during her maiden BrahMos supersonic cruise missile firing. The ship and her potent weapon, both indigenous, mark another shining symbol of 'AatmaNirbharta' and Indian Navy's firepower at sea," said an official tweet.
BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd, an India-Russian joint venture, produces supersonic cruise missiles that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or land platforms. It flies at a speed of 2.8 Mach which is almost thrice the speed of sound.