<p>India today successfully test fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Navy's latest guided missile frigate INS Tarkash off the coast of Goa.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The missile performed the high-level 'C' manoeuvre in the pre-determined flight path and successfully hit the target.<br /><br />The missile was launched from the Russian-built warship at 1100 hours, BrahMos Aerospace chief A Sivathanu Pillai said here.<br /><br />"The launch was carried out by the Navy as part of Acceptance Test Firing (ATF) of the ship," he said.<br /><br />INS Tarkash, which is an advanced Talwar Class frigate, was commissioned on November 9, last year.<br /><br />The warship, along with two other frigates of the class - INS Teg and INS Trikand, have been built as part of an over Rs 8,000-crore contract signed between India and Russia in July 2006.<br /><br />INS Teg was commissioned on April 27, 2012 and the commissioning of INS Trikand is expected soon.<br /><br />The weapons suite of INS Tarkash includes surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missile systems, 100 mm medium-range gun, close-in weapon system, torpedo tubes and anti-submarine rockets.<br />All the three ships will be equipped with 8 vertical- launched BrahMos missile systems as the prime strike weapon.<br /><br />The new missile frigates are designed to accomplish a wide range of maritime missions, primarily hunting down and destroying large surface ships and submarines.<br /><br />BrahMos officials said the vertical launch configuration of the supersonic missile enhances the stealth capabilities of the ship as the missiles are under the deck and not exposed.<br /><br />Jointly developed by India and Russia, the BrahMos is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg. The missile can cruise at a maximum speed of 2.8 Mach (or 2.8 times the speed of sound).<br />India is readying several different versions of the missile which includes land attack, anti-ship and submarine- launched versions.</p>
<p>India today successfully test fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Navy's latest guided missile frigate INS Tarkash off the coast of Goa.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The missile performed the high-level 'C' manoeuvre in the pre-determined flight path and successfully hit the target.<br /><br />The missile was launched from the Russian-built warship at 1100 hours, BrahMos Aerospace chief A Sivathanu Pillai said here.<br /><br />"The launch was carried out by the Navy as part of Acceptance Test Firing (ATF) of the ship," he said.<br /><br />INS Tarkash, which is an advanced Talwar Class frigate, was commissioned on November 9, last year.<br /><br />The warship, along with two other frigates of the class - INS Teg and INS Trikand, have been built as part of an over Rs 8,000-crore contract signed between India and Russia in July 2006.<br /><br />INS Teg was commissioned on April 27, 2012 and the commissioning of INS Trikand is expected soon.<br /><br />The weapons suite of INS Tarkash includes surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missile systems, 100 mm medium-range gun, close-in weapon system, torpedo tubes and anti-submarine rockets.<br />All the three ships will be equipped with 8 vertical- launched BrahMos missile systems as the prime strike weapon.<br /><br />The new missile frigates are designed to accomplish a wide range of maritime missions, primarily hunting down and destroying large surface ships and submarines.<br /><br />BrahMos officials said the vertical launch configuration of the supersonic missile enhances the stealth capabilities of the ship as the missiles are under the deck and not exposed.<br /><br />Jointly developed by India and Russia, the BrahMos is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg. The missile can cruise at a maximum speed of 2.8 Mach (or 2.8 times the speed of sound).<br />India is readying several different versions of the missile which includes land attack, anti-ship and submarine- launched versions.</p>