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Very soon BrahMos, the supersonic cruise missile, can add fire power to Indian Defence forces operations in the treacherous and tough mountain regions.
A new version suiting mountain operations, with a tactical ‘supersonic steep dive’ feature, has been successfully tested today by BrahMos Aerospace, off the coast of Odisha.
Called the Block-III version, the BrahMos missile used an advanced algorithm to achieve this technical success, said Mr Sivathanu Pillai, CEO of the Indo-Russian joint venture company.
“The important advantage is our version of the cruise missle can hit the target vertically and at high speed. The competing versions in the global arena fly and hit the target almost at horizontal levels and lower speeds”, Mr Pillai told Business Line .
The BrahMos, supersonic cruise missile attained 2.8 Mach speed and a full range of 290 km. The Indian Army has already inducted the missile in a couple of its regiments.
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