Indian Air Force Hails Successful Testing of BrahMos; Watch Video - JPKee.com

New Delhi, Nov 23: The Indian Air Force (IAF) Public hailed the successful testing of BrahMos supersonic missile from Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet on Wednesday and said with this, the Air Force has increased its capability significantly for firing a stand-off weapon.

IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Anupam Banerjee, while addressing the media announced the successful testing of BrahMos and said this Made in India missile went in its planned trajectory and hit its target marking a rise in Indian Air Force’s rising capabilities.

Following the successful testing, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the feat. In a statement, the Ministry of Defence stated, “Brahmos, the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile created history on 22nd Nov 2017 after it was successfully flight-tested first time from the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) frontline fighter aircraft Sukhoi-30MKI against a sea-based target in the Bay of Bengal”.

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 MaidenTest Flight : The World’s fastest Supersonic Cruise Missile #Brahmos created history after it was successfully flight-tested from the #IAF frontline Fighter Aircraft Sukhoi-30MKI against a sea based target in the Bay of Bengal, 22 Nov 17.@DefenceMinIndia @SpokespersonMoD pic.twitter.com/doOsvqznGC

— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) November 22, 2017

Reports claimed that with this feat, India has put itself in a strategically dominant position, given the reach of multi-role Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets and the accuracy of nuclear-capable BrahMos missile, which has been jointly developed with Russia.

The Defence statement also claimed that the missile was gravity-dropped from the Su-30 from the fuselage and the two-stage missile’s engine fired up and straightway propelled towards the intended target at the sea in the Bay of Bengal.

The Brahmos Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) weighs 2.5 ton and is the heaviest weapon to be deployed on India’s Su-30 fighter aircraft modified by HAL to carry weapons.

Brahmos is a joint venture between DRDO of India and NPOM of Russia and is a world-class weapon with multi-platform, multi-mission role and now capable of being launched from Land, Sea and Air, completing the tactical cruise missile triad for India.

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Author - Vikash Kumar