BrahMos successfully tested in Pokhran

For the second time in a month, the Block II version of the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile, with a striking range of 290 km, successfully hit its target during a test at the Pokhran firing range today, DRDO officials said.

“The missile was successfully launched at 1115 hours and in the next two-and-a-half minutes, it hit the bull’s eye in the Pokhran firing range in Rajasthan,” an official said.

This was the third test-firing of the latest Block II version of the missile.

During the test, Army’s Director General of Military Operations Lt General A S Sekhon, Artillery School Commandant Lt Gen Rao and Additional Director General (Artillery) Major General V K Tiwari were present.

The launch of the latest land attack version of the missile being developed for the Army was also witnessed by DRDO’s Chief Controller and BrahMos Aerospace Chairman A Sivathanu Pillai and DRDL Director P Venugopalan.