Two launches in a row with precise hit of Brahmos Block III

NEW DELHI: The Indian Army today successfully carried out the firing of the advanced BRAHMOS Block III land attack cruise missile system in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for the second successive day.

The firing was carried out by South Western Command’s Corps ‘Strike One’ which revalidated the missile’s precision strike capability. The successive launches reinforce the formidable weapon’s precision strike capability. The long-range tactical weapon was successfully tested from the same location yesterday, it was officially stated.

The land-to-land configuration of BRAHMOS Block ‘ III was launched from a Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL) for its full-range, demonstrating the weapon’s unmatched lethality of hitting the designated target with utmost ‘precision. It met all flight parameters in a copybook manner while conducting complex manoeuvers. (AGENCIES)