India successfully fires BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from INS Vishakhapatnam

The Indian Navy ship INS Vishakhapatnam off the coast of Western India successfully tested the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on Tuesday. The missile's sea-to-sea variant was tested at maximum range, and it hit the target ship with pinpoint accuracy, according to news agency ANI, citing sources. "Today, the advanced sea-to-sea variant of the BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile was tested from INS Visakhapatnam. The missile exactly struck the selected target ship," the DRDO later confirmed this in a tweet. The defence research organisation also released a photo of the deadly missile.

The successful test-firing of the extended-range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from INS Visakhapatnam, the Navy's newest indigenously-built guided-missile destroyer, was hailed as a "twin triumph" by the Indian Navy. 
"It confirms the precision of the ship's fighting system and armament complex, as well as recognises a new capability provided by the missile to the Navy and the nation. Augurs extremely nicely for #AatmaNirbharBharat and gives the Navy another boost. This is a momentous day, to be sure," the Navy announced this in a tweet.

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The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully tested in anti-ship mode on a decommissioned Indian Navy warship in December 2020. The missile, a supersonic cruise missile developed jointly by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Russia's NPOM under the joint venture BrahMos, has been a vital deterrent in modern-day conflicts. The multi-role and multi-platform supersonic missile system has shown its worth against sea, land, and air targets and deployed in all three branches of India's armed forces.

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