New Delhi: The Army today successfully test-fired an advanced version of the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile which penetrated and destroyed a “hardened target” in the Pokhran firing range in Rajasthan.
“The Block III variant of BrahMos with deep penetration capability is fitted with a new guidance system and the launch by the Army has successfully validated the deep penetration capability of the supersonic cruise missile system against hardened targets,” BrahMos officials said here.
“The missile system was successfully test fired by the Indian Army at the Pokhran test range in Rajasthan at 1055 hours,” they said.
The missile after launch “followed the predetermined trajectory and successfully pierced the designated concrete structure at bull's eye owing to sheer velocity of the missile.”
