Summary:
India has test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from Indian Air Force`s Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet on Wednesday.
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The air-to-ground BrahMos missiles can be used for pinpoint strikes on terror camps located deep inside enemy territory or to take out underground nuclear bunkers. BrahMos has already been inducted into the Indian Army and Indian Navy.
India creates a world record and completes Supersonic Cruise Missile Triad by successfully testing #BRAHMOS #ALCM from Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft.
Smt @nsitharaman congratulates Team Brahmos & @DRDO_India for this historic achievement.
— Raksha Mantri (@DefenceMinIndia) November 22, 2017
The missile, weighing 2.4-tonne instead of the original 2.9-tonne, was tested from a twin-engine Sukhoi fighter over the Bay of Bengal. This means that BrahMos together with the Su-30 MKI would give India an edge over Pakistan.
BrahMos Aerospace, the joint venture between India and Russia, plans to conduct two tests from the Su-30 MKI.
BrahMos is named after the rivers Moscow and Brahmaputra; the world`s only supersonic cruise missile was built as an India-Russia collaboration.