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By India Today News Desk: Using its frontline guided missile destroyer INS Mormugao, the Indian Navy successfully test fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on Sunday. The Indian Navy’s firepower at sea was at display, an official said.
The official also lauded INS Mormugao for hitting “bulls eye” with her maiden BrahMos supersonic cruise missile firing. It is the latest guided-missile destroyer to be used by the Indian Navy.
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“The ship and her potent weapon, both indigenous, mark another shining symbol of ‘AatmaNirbharta’ and Indian Navy’s firepower at sea,” the official said.
BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd is an India-Russian joint venture, responsible for producing supersonic cruise missiles that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or land platforms, a PTI report said.
India also exports the BrahMos missiles, that fly at a speed of 2.8 Mach or almost three times the speed of sound, the news report further added. The location of the test-firing of the missile is unclear.
Notably, India sealed a $375 million deal with Philippines for supplying three batteries of the missile in January last year.
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