India Test-fires Indigenous Developed Sub-sonic ‘Nirbhay’ Missile

New Delhi, March 13, IRNA - For the first time, India on Tuesday test-fired its indigenous developed medium range sub-sonic cruise missile ˈNirbhayˈ from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha state. ˈThe missile blasted off from a mobile launcher positioned in the launch pad – 3 of the ITR at about 11:54 hours IST (Indian Standard Time),ˈ pti reported quoting defense sources. The maiden launch developmental trial of the sophisticated missile was carried out at Chandipur in the presence of top defense scientists and senior officials. The surface-to-surface missile has the capability of being launched from land, sea and air, they said, adding Nirbhay has good loitering capability, good control and guidance, high degree of accuracy in terms of impact and very good stealth features. Nirbhay was developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) laboratory based in Bangalore. India has the technology of super-sonic missile like BrahMos which is jointly developed by India and Russia. BrahMos has the striking range of 290 km./end