NEW DELHI: In its relentless pursuit of army hegemony, stoking an arms race in South Asia, India test-fired a very homegrown cruise missile “Nirbhay” efficiently, its Defence Ministry stated on Thursday.
The Defence Analysis and Growth Organisation of India carried out the take a look at flight from the Built-in Take a look at Vary in Chandipur, located off the coast of Odisha state.
“Throughout the take a look at, all subsystems carried out as per expectation … The flight of the missile was additionally monitored from the Su-30-Mk-I plane of the Indian Air Power,” the assertion stated.
The ministry stated the missile adopted the specified path utilizing method level navigation and carried out a really low altitude sea-skimming flight.
“This profitable flight take a look at has additionally established the dependable efficiency of the indigenous propulsion system,” the ministry added.
The missile, also called Indigenous Expertise Cruise Missile (ITCM), is provided with an indigenous propulsion system and the Manik turbofan engine.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh termed the profitable growth of “indigenous long-range subsonic cruise missile powered by indigenous propulsion” a “main milestone” for Indian defence analysis and growth.
The nuclear-capable, solid-fueled Nirbhay has reported vary of 800-1,000km whereas carrying a 200-300kg payload.
