<p>"Range co-ordination for the trial of Brahmos missile proposed to be conducted is near complete," an official of Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) said.<br /><br />Brahmos, developed jointly with Russia, is a supersonic cruise missile and capable of being launched from multiple platforms like submarine, ship, aircraft and land based Mobile Autonomous Launchers (MAL).<br /><br />One regiment of the 290-km range BrahMos-I variant, which consists of 67 missiles, five mobile autonomous launchers on 12x12 Tatra vehicles and two mobile command posts, among other equipment, is already operational in the Indian Army.<br /><br />Similarly, Indian navy has begun inducting the first version of Brahmos missile system in all its frontline war ships from 2005.<br /><br />The Army, on its part, is in the process of inducting two more regiments of the Brahmos Block-II land-attack cruise missiles (LACM), which have been designed as `precision strike weapons' capable of hitting small targets in cluttered urban environments.<br /><br />The Brahmos missile is a two-stage vehicle that has a solid propellant booster and a liquid propellant ram-jet system. The missile can fly at 2.8 times the speed of sound. It can carry conventional warheads up to 300 kg for a range of 290 km. The missile can effectively engage ground targets from an altitude as low as 10 meters.<br /><br />The first flight test of the Brahmos missile was conducted on June 12, 2001 at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Orissa coast and the last trial, "at a supersonic speed in a steep-dive mode" was successfully carried out on Sept 5, 2010 from the same range.</p>
<p>"Range co-ordination for the trial of Brahmos missile proposed to be conducted is near complete," an official of Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) said.<br /><br />Brahmos, developed jointly with Russia, is a supersonic cruise missile and capable of being launched from multiple platforms like submarine, ship, aircraft and land based Mobile Autonomous Launchers (MAL).<br /><br />One regiment of the 290-km range BrahMos-I variant, which consists of 67 missiles, five mobile autonomous launchers on 12x12 Tatra vehicles and two mobile command posts, among other equipment, is already operational in the Indian Army.<br /><br />Similarly, Indian navy has begun inducting the first version of Brahmos missile system in all its frontline war ships from 2005.<br /><br />The Army, on its part, is in the process of inducting two more regiments of the Brahmos Block-II land-attack cruise missiles (LACM), which have been designed as `precision strike weapons' capable of hitting small targets in cluttered urban environments.<br /><br />The Brahmos missile is a two-stage vehicle that has a solid propellant booster and a liquid propellant ram-jet system. The missile can fly at 2.8 times the speed of sound. It can carry conventional warheads up to 300 kg for a range of 290 km. The missile can effectively engage ground targets from an altitude as low as 10 meters.<br /><br />The first flight test of the Brahmos missile was conducted on June 12, 2001 at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Orissa coast and the last trial, "at a supersonic speed in a steep-dive mode" was successfully carried out on Sept 5, 2010 from the same range.</p>