The Indian Air Force today successfully fires the extended range version of the BrahMos Air Launched missile. BrahMos missiles have the ability to take out targets in the sea 400 km away.
The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile has a two-stage solid propellant booster engine. The First stage which takes it to supersonic speed. And the second stage is the liquid ramjet engine. Which takes it closer to Mach 3 (3 times the speed of sound) speed in the cruise phase.
BrahMos Missile, With 400 km Range, Test Fired From Sukhoi Fighter.
The defense ministry said, “The supersonic cruise missile achieved the desired mission objectives in the Bay of Bengal region and with the successful test. ”.
Also, “The Indian Air Force achieved a capability boost to carry out precision strikes from Su-30 fighter aircraft against land/ sea targets over long ranges”.
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In May this year, the extended-range version of the supersonic missile was successfully fires from the Sukhoi fighter. And the extended range was reported to have increased to 350 km from 290 km. The successful test conducted in May was the first instance in which the missile was test fired.
