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Army successfully conducts user trial of BrahMos Block-III missile

The Army on Friday successfully conducted the user trial of BrahMos Block-III supersonic cruise missiles which can hit inaccessible targets inside hillocks. Defence sources said, the test was carried out at a Pokhran firing range in Rajasthan around 1100 hours and it met all the mission parameters. AIR correspondent reports, this was the 25th test of the cruise missile which has already been inducted in the Army and Navy.Best suited for mountain warfare, the missile has the capability to engage ground targets from a very low altitude with minimum radar signature and is considered best for surgical strikes. Considered one of the fastest cruise missiles in the world, BrahMos can gain a speed of Mach 2.8. It has a two-stage propulsion system, with a solid-propellant rocket for initial acceleration and a liquid-fueled ramjet responsible for sustained supersonic cruise. Jointly developed by India and Russia, BrahMos is a stealth supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. The submarine and air launch version of the missile are under different stages of development and are scheduled for test-firing in next couple of years. The fire-and-forget missiles are stored, transported and launched from special mobile launchers and can be launched in both vertical and horizontal modes.

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