BrahMos, the Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missile successfully tested from underwater in the Bay of Bengal off Visakhapatnam coast, becoming India the world’s No. 1 to have such powerful missile. Read more
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India becomes world’s first, successfully tests ‘BrahMos’ Supersonic Cruise Missile from under water
Prithvi II ballistic missile’s successful launch
Today’s morning, India has successfully launched the version of its first ballistic nuclear-capable missile, ‘Prithvi-II’ which is developed under Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.
In a user’s trial by the Strategic Force Command’s Army officers, Prithvi-II having 9 metres length completed its test trial effectively Read more
Hypersonic BrahMos 2 missile to be ready by 2017
Jointly developed with collaboration of Russia and India, the first prototype of the hypersonic BrahMos 2 cruise missile, having Mach 5-Mach 7 speed capabilities, will be ready for flight testing in 2017, as per an official source saying.
“I think we will need about five years to develop the first fully-functional prototype(of the hypersonic missile. We have already carried out a series of lab tests at the speed of 6.5 Mach,” Sivathanu Pillai, chief executive officer of the Russian-Indian joint venture Brahmos Aerospace said while interacting with media persons. Read more
