Indian Army test-fires BrahMos cruise missile successfully

Indian Defense News: The Indian Army on Friday conducted the test-firing of the Land Attack Cruise Missile (LACM) version of BrahMos successfully. Top military sources confirmed to OneIndia that the test-firing of the supersonic missile was conducted around 13:10 hours (IST) from the Car Nicobar region. Today's launch was the 47th test-firing of the missile.

"The mission was successful and the missile penetrated the target bulls-eye. It was an advanced version of the land-attack cruise missile that was successfully test-fired, revalidating the formidable weapon's precision strike capability," an official said. The land-to-land configuration of BrahMos Block-III version was test launched from a Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL). 

The missile met all flight parameters including high level maneuvers. "The missile successfully hit the designated land-based target with desired accuracy," the officials said.