India successfully test-fires naval variant of advanced supersonic BrahMos cruise missile

The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) on January 11, 2022 successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise. The missile was launched from the Indian Navy destroyer INS Vishakhapatnam off the Western coast.

This advanced sea to sea variant of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile was launched from INS Visakhapatnam, a stealth guided-missile destroyer of the Indian Navy. The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is produced by BrahMos Aerospace, an India-Russian joint venture.

The missile can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or from land platforms. The BrahMos missile flies at a speed of 2.8 Mach or almost three times the speed of sound.