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The 15th successive successful launch of BrahMos

Press Release from BrahMos: The 15th successive successful launch of BrahMos took place at sea off the Andman & Nicobar islands at 10.30 AM today the 5th of March 2008. In a major effort boosting the sea to land fire power of the Indian Navy the missile fired from INS Rajput hit bang on the land target created in one of the islands of Andman Nicobar. The missile met all flight parameters during its launch , flight and selected the designated target among the group of targets and hit it precisely destroying the target with its tremendous kill energy. This mission is very important as it has established the sea to land attack capability of the formidable weapon system.

The launch took place off the coast of Andman Nicobar Island with the support of Andman Nicobar command. The command has deployed ten ships, three aircraft and three helicopters for mission support. The parameters set for the mission were kept extremely difficult including the positioning of the target to achieve maximum output. The 100% success of the launch once again demonstrated the tremendous capability of BrahMos weapon system.

The launch was witnessed by Dr.A.Sivathanu Pillai CEO & MD of BrahMos Aerospace along with the officiating Commander in Chief of the Andman command RAdm PK Nair along with other senior naval officers and defence scientists. The Defence Minister congratulated the Navy and team of scientists for the successful launch of BrahMos.

BrahMos Naval Platform from INS Ranvir

This beautiful photograph just came in. Photographed in the Bay of Bengal at 1200HRS on December 18. A BrahMos supersonic cruise missile lift off the universal vertical launcher on board the Indian Navy's Kashin II-class destroyer INS Ranvir. Yesterday's press release from BrahMos reveals that the three follow-on Krivak-class (Talwar-class) stealth frigates being built Kaliningrad will have the same vertical launcher modules. The BrahMos is already integrated in the inclined configuration on Ranvir's sister ship INS Rajput. According to the statement from the company yesterday, the launch makes BrahMos the world's "first and only supersonic cruise missile capable of being launched from vertical and inclined configurations from a naval platform".