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India likely to test-fire BrahMos supersonic missile in Dec
New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) To add more teeth to the India's
underwater weapons delivery capabilities, India is planning to
test-fire the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile
from an undersea platform off the coast of Orissa (eastern
state) soon.
The test-firing is planned to be carried out in
mid-December and will prove the Indo-Russian joint venture
BrahMos cruise missile's capability to be fired from
submarines, Indian Defence Ministry sources told PTI here.
Underwater weapon-delivery platforms are considered to be
the most potent second strike capability and the addition of
nuclear capable BrahMos in its submerged arsenal is expected
to provide more strength to India's 'no first strike' nuclear
policy.
India has developed significant underwater weapon
delivery platforms in the recent past including an
indigenously-built nuclear submarine INS Arihant and
successfully test-fired the nuclear capable 700 km range K-15
Shaurya missile early this year. The Navy is also expecting to
receive a Russian-made Akula-II class 'Nerpa' nuclear
submarine on lease by early next year.
The test-firing of the BrahMos is likely be done from a
pontoon at Integrated Test Range in Balasore on Orissa coast
from a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
facility. The same pontoon was used for carrying out the
test-firing of the 700-km range K-15 'Shaurya' Submarine
Launched Ballistic Missile early this year, the sources said.
A ring will have to be fitted in the existing pontoon for
fitting-in the BrahMos, which has a relatively smaller
diameter than the K-15 SLBM, the sources said.
The under-water cruise missile will have the same
capabilities as its earlier variants and would be able to
strike at both land and sea-based targets, they added.
The Indian Navy also wants that its second line of
Project 75A submarines should have the capability of firing
the BrahMos. The Navy had released the Request for Information
(RFI) in September last year for acquiring six submarines as a
follow-on order of the Scorpene submarines.
BrahMos has been developed jointly by India and Russia
and has been inducted in the Army and Navy already. The Indian
Air Force is also working on integrating the missile on its
Su-30MKI air superiority aircraft.
The two countries have also signed an agreement for
developing the hypersonic version of the missile, which
currently flies at a speed of 2.8 mach. PTI AJD
ANU
underwater weapons delivery capabilities, India is planning to
test-fire the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile
from an undersea platform off the coast of Orissa (eastern
state) soon.
The test-firing is planned to be carried out in
mid-December and will prove the Indo-Russian joint venture
BrahMos cruise missile's capability to be fired from
submarines, Indian Defence Ministry sources told PTI here.
Underwater weapon-delivery platforms are considered to be
the most potent second strike capability and the addition of
nuclear capable BrahMos in its submerged arsenal is expected
to provide more strength to India's 'no first strike' nuclear
policy.
India has developed significant underwater weapon
delivery platforms in the recent past including an
indigenously-built nuclear submarine INS Arihant and
successfully test-fired the nuclear capable 700 km range K-15
Shaurya missile early this year. The Navy is also expecting to
receive a Russian-made Akula-II class 'Nerpa' nuclear
submarine on lease by early next year.
The test-firing of the BrahMos is likely be done from a
pontoon at Integrated Test Range in Balasore on Orissa coast
from a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
facility. The same pontoon was used for carrying out the
test-firing of the 700-km range K-15 'Shaurya' Submarine
Launched Ballistic Missile early this year, the sources said.
A ring will have to be fitted in the existing pontoon for
fitting-in the BrahMos, which has a relatively smaller
diameter than the K-15 SLBM, the sources said.
The under-water cruise missile will have the same
capabilities as its earlier variants and would be able to
strike at both land and sea-based targets, they added.
The Indian Navy also wants that its second line of
Project 75A submarines should have the capability of firing
the BrahMos. The Navy had released the Request for Information
(RFI) in September last year for acquiring six submarines as a
follow-on order of the Scorpene submarines.
BrahMos has been developed jointly by India and Russia
and has been inducted in the Army and Navy already. The Indian
Air Force is also working on integrating the missile on its
Su-30MKI air superiority aircraft.
The two countries have also signed an agreement for
developing the hypersonic version of the missile, which
currently flies at a speed of 2.8 mach. PTI AJD
ANU
