Factly#646 Successful launch of two BrahMos missiles from land and air platforms [18th December 2019]

News: Two BrahMos missile tests, one each from land and air platforms, was successfully conducted from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha.

Facts:

About BrahMos Missiles:

• The BrahMos is a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile capable of being launched from submarines, warships, fighter jets or land

• It has a strike range of nearly 300 kilometers.

• It is developed by BrahMos Aerospace Pvt. Ltd. (BAPL), New Delhi.

Additional Information:

BrahMos Aerospace Pvt. Ltd. (BAPL)

• It is a joint venture company between the Russian Federation’s NPO Mashinostroeyenia and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

• It is named after Brahmaputra and Moscow rivers.

• It is responsible for designing, developing, producing and marketing BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles.