BRAHMOS BLOCK-II version hits bulls eye
By Frontier India | March 29th, 2009 | Category: Defence R&D, General Indian Armed Forces News, Indian Army News | 2 comments
Today on 29th of March 2009 Land attack version of BRAHMOS block-II was tested from a Mobile Autonomous Launcher at Pokhran test range by the Indian army officers. The missile took off successfully at 11.15 A.M. and hit the desired target at bull’s eye meeting all mission parameters.
The launch was witnessed by Lt. General A.S. Sekhon DGMO , Lt. Gen. K.R. Rao , Commandant School of Artillery & Maj. General V.K. Tiwari ADG Artillery along with other senior army officers . Dr. A. Sivathanu Pillai CEO & MD BrahMos along with Director DRDL Mr. P. Venugopalan , Project Director Mr.S. Som, Executive Director (Production) Rear Admiral (Retd.) S. Mohapatra and other senior scientists were present during the Launch.
This is the third launch in series for the Block-II version for the Indian Army. With this launch the requirement of army for the Land attack version with Block-II advanced seeker software with target discriminating capabilities has been fully met and this version is ready for induction.
This will provide an enhanced capability to the user for selection of a particular land target amongst group of targets. With this success BRAHMOS has become the only supersonic cruise missile possessing this advanced capability in the World providing an edge to the user with precise hit. The Indian Army is the first army in the World to have a regiment of supersonic cruise missile with advanced capabilities.
Brahmos Proved it Again. This successful launch will boost up the indegineous missile development program. India is spending billions of ruppes on defence sales. If some of the amount can be diverted to profound research on defence systems, it will add lot of strength.
The other Indigenous effort “LCAs” (The Tejas) was unheard of in recent years. I feel joint ventures provide the required extra input, which is proved with Brahmos. Though India is commandable on Missile front, in war planes it is much dependent on foreign countries. I think the government should seriously consider Joint venture for LCAs also
Looking forward to hear about LCAs
Jai Hind
We have proved it again. World should watch us rather than the vice-versa. What is the news on induction of Arjun M.B.T.’s? Start a natinal defence fund for R&D and take contributions from us the youth of powerful india.
_jai hind