<p>India Saturday successfully test fired the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile from INS Kolkata, the navy's most powerful and newest warship, in Arabian sea, an official said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The launch was flawless and the missile met all its designed parameters, BrahMos Aerospace spokesperson Praveen Pathak told IANS.<br /><br />The Indian Navy commissioned INS Kolkata Aug 16, 2014. This is the first ship of this class, with two more in the pipeline.<br /><br />All the three ships will be quipped with the vertical-launched BrahMos system as the prime strike weapon.<br /><br />The Universal Vertical Launcher Module (UVLM) being used in these has a unique design, developed and patented by BrahMos Aerospace.<br /><br />The UVLM has the benefits of stealth and permits launching of the missile vertically in any direction.<br /><br />BrahMos chief Sudhir Mishra congratulated the BrahMos Team and Indian Navy on the successful mission.<br /><br />The BrahMos has a range of 290 km and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300 kg. It has a top speed of Mach 2.8, which is about three times faster than the US subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile. This makes BrahMos one of the fastest cruise missiles in the world.<br /><br />It can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft and land.</p>
<p>India Saturday successfully test fired the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile from INS Kolkata, the navy's most powerful and newest warship, in Arabian sea, an official said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The launch was flawless and the missile met all its designed parameters, BrahMos Aerospace spokesperson Praveen Pathak told IANS.<br /><br />The Indian Navy commissioned INS Kolkata Aug 16, 2014. This is the first ship of this class, with two more in the pipeline.<br /><br />All the three ships will be quipped with the vertical-launched BrahMos system as the prime strike weapon.<br /><br />The Universal Vertical Launcher Module (UVLM) being used in these has a unique design, developed and patented by BrahMos Aerospace.<br /><br />The UVLM has the benefits of stealth and permits launching of the missile vertically in any direction.<br /><br />BrahMos chief Sudhir Mishra congratulated the BrahMos Team and Indian Navy on the successful mission.<br /><br />The BrahMos has a range of 290 km and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300 kg. It has a top speed of Mach 2.8, which is about three times faster than the US subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile. This makes BrahMos one of the fastest cruise missiles in the world.<br /><br />It can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft and land.</p>