India test-fires sea-to-sea variant of BrahMos missile

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The sea-to-sea variant of the missile was test fired at the maximum range and it hit the target ship with pinpoint accuracy.
The missile hit the designated target ship precisely.

The naval variant was originally tested in October and December 2020 from the Navy’s indigenously-built stealth destroyer INS Chennai and Rajput-class destroyer INS Ranvijay, respectively.
This version of the missile has been designed to launch either in a vertical or a horizontal mode from moving/stationary assets to target both land and sea targets.
The missiles, fired at a speed of 2.8 Mach or nearly three times the speed of sound, significantly increase the capability of the ships in engaging long-range targets.

The state-of-the-art cruise missiles are designed and produced by BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia's NPO Mashinostroeyenia.
The name BrahMos comes from combining the names of India’s Brahmaputra and Russia’s Moskva rivers.
The world’s fastest anti-ship cruise missile, BrahMos is a part of the arsenal of all three arms of the Indian defence forces - Army, Navy, and Air Force.

The missile has been a major deterrent in modern-day battlefields.
The multi-role and multi-platform supersonic missile system have proven its mettle against the sea, land, as well as air targets and, has been deployed in all three arms of the Indian armed forces.
Launched in 2001, the system has been successfully launched from Sukhoi-30MKI aircraft, various ships of the Indian Navy as well as from mobile autonomous launchers.
Its accuracy and ability to integrate with all three services make it one of the most versatile weapon systems in the country.