BrahMos cruise missile test-fired from Orissa coast *BALASORE, ORISSA:* At 1135 hours on Sunday the advanced version of BRAHMOS Block?II was tested successfully from the interim test range (ITR) at Chandipur. The missile flew in the designated complex trajectory conducting large manoeuvres and steep dive. This is the first time in the world that a supersonic dive has been realised by a cruise missile. Eye-witnesses from the Indian armed forces termed it as a perfectly precise flight. The Defence Minister Shri AK Antony congratulated the armed forces and the defence scientists associated with the project with this success. The launch was conducted in the presence of Director General of Artillery, Lieutenant General Vinod Nayanar; Dr. AS Pillai, CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace; scientists from DRDO and Industry representatives along with officers from different units of the army. The sophisticated cruise missile has already been inducted into the Indian Army and Navy....
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