The Indian Navy and the BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) test- fired an extended-range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile (BrahMos-ER).
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The Indian Navy and the BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) test- fired an extended-range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile (BrahMos-ER). The test was likely for the 800 km extended range version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile. The test revalidated 'Aatmanirbharta' for "extended range precision strike capability from combat and misson ready ships". The test took place in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as part of the induction trials for the extended-range variant. The extended-range variant, known as BrahMos-ER, is capable of striking land and sea targets at a maximum range of 400 to 500 kilometres.
The baseline BrahMos missile, first tested in June 2001, can strike sea-borne targets at a range of 290 km.
The missile was jointly developed by Russian NPO Mashinostroyeniya and the Defence Research and Development Organisation and is based on the Russian P-800 Onyx missile.
India has also developed an air-launched version named BrahMos-A, which is half a tonne lighter at 2.5 tonnes compared to the ground and ship-launched variant, weighing 3 tonnes.
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