Army successfully test-fires Brahmos land-attack missile

[Zarvan]

HIGHLIGHTS

• An advanced version of the Brahmos land-attack cruise missile was successfully tested by the Army
• The land-to-land configuration of Brahmos missile was launched from a mobile autonomous launcher

Representative image

NEW DELHI: The Indian Army on Tuesday successfully test fired an advanced version of the Brahmos land-attack cruise missile in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, revalidating the weapon's strike capability.




The land-to-land configuration of Brahmos missile was launched from a mobile autonomous launcher (MAL).




The test firing of the block-III version of the missile demonstrated the weapon's unmatched lethality of hitting the centre of a designated target with "bull's eye" precision, a senior army officer said here.




He said the supersonic cruise missile successfully hit the land-based target with desired precision in a "top attack configuration", meeting all flight parameters in a copybook manner.




The test firing involved high level and complex manoeuvering by the missile, said the official.

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[ashok321]

It was ER = extended range model.

 

[faithfulguy]

Brahmos is an anti ship missile. Not terrain hugging. India should try to get Nirbhay working instead of modify Brahmos to perform tasks for Nirbhay.

 

[ranadd]

Excellent job.

Terrain hugging is requirement to reduce the chances of detection and for the AADs to kick in.

Brahmos uses speed to reduce the chance of detection and for the AADs to kick in. 110% brahmos will never have terrain hugging. That's why they are going for Brahmos 2. More Power & More speed. Brahmos is used for HVT.

On the other hand, slow missiles in development like Nirbhay which is comparable to Babur missile is rumored to have terrain hugging. Waiting for the damn thing to get deployed. Nirbhay will be used for LVT.

Obligatory Meme:

 

[Chanakyaa]

Fantastic.....!!

 

[Ultima Thule]

Excellent job.

Terrain hugging is requirement to reduce the chances of detection and for the AADs to kick in.

Brahmos uses speed to reduce the chance of detection and for the AADs to kick in. 110% brahmos will never have terrain hugging. That's why they are going for Brahmos 2. More Power & More speed. Brahmos is used for HVT.

On the other hand, slow missiles in development like Nirbhay which is comparable to Babur missile is rumored to have terrain hugging. Waiting for the damn thing to get deployed. Nirbhay will be used for LVT.

Obligatory Meme:

It has a large IR signature boy

 

[Mrc]

Brahmos uses speed to reduce the chance of detection

Funny

 

[ranadd]

It has a large IR signature boy

Funny

Boy.. cute.

Fellows, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_speed

 

[Kinetic]

It has a large IR signature boy

So how does that matter, its hot or cool, you dont have anything to face any missile.

 

[CHD]

If you look closely the Missile changed colour after some time and its traveling too fast if you check from satellite imagery.

This is a fake test

 

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Defence
03-May, 2017 16:39 IST
Two Launches in a row with Precise Hit of Brahmos Block 3

South Western Command’s Corps ‘Strike One’ successfully carried out the firing of the advanced BRAHMOS Block III land attack cruise missile system in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands on the 3rd of May 2017 for the second consecutive day. The successive launches reinforce the formidable weapon’s precision strike capability. The long-range tactical weapon was successfully tested from the same location on the 2nd of May, 2017.

These successful firings of the supersonic cruise missile were carried out in full operational land-to-land configurations from Mobile Autonomous Launchers (MAL) at its full-range. Meeting all flight parameters in a copybook manner while conducting high level and complex manoeuvers, the multi-role missile successfully hit the land-based target with desired precision, in both the trials demonstrating its accuracy of less than one metre.

This is the fifth consecutive time when the Block-III version of BRAHMOS LACM has been successfully launched and hit the land-based target in “top-attack” mode, an incredible feat not achieved by any other weapon system of its genre. Indian Army, which became the first land force in the world to deploy the BRAHMOS in 2007, has raised several regiments of this formidable weapon. Jointly developed by India’s DRDO and Russia’s NPOM, the multi-platform, multi-mission BRAHMOS is capable of being launched from land, sea, sub-sea and air against surface and sea-based targets.

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[BHarwana]

This is the fifth time India has tested the missile. Don't they have any thing else to test? Can any member help.

 

[Hindustani78]

 

[Ali Tariq]

Ek aur Brahmos test?

 

[Mitho1980]

Ab "nikar boy" chalta hi nahi tou kia karain. Bara manhoos se dil bhelaletain hain.