Índia testa com sucesso míssil BrahMos a partir de uma plataforma vertical

Just got off the phone with BrahMos CEO Dr A Sivathanu Pillai, delighted with the 11.30AM test of the Naval BrahMosINS Ranvir. Dr Pillai reveals the test was specifically aimed at testing the missile's accuracy when its flight path was infused with "diversionary manoueuvers" to mask the general direction of the launcher warship. The missile, vertically launched from a Vertical Launcher built for the BrahMos, was rolled in all directions successfully before before it smashed into the hull of INS Meen a decommissioned target vessel. Photos of actual launch will be posted shortly. Stay tuned. supersonic cruise missile in a vertical launch from the Indian Navy destroyer

Índia testa com sucesso míssil BrahMos a partir de uma plataforma vertical

A Índia testou hoje com sucesso a versão vertical do míssil de fabricação indo-russa BrahMos, com um alcance de 290 quilômetros, em águas da baía de Bengala, no leste indiano, informou uma fonte oficial.

O diretor do projeto aeroespacial do BrahMos, A. Sivathanu Pillai, citado pela agência "PTI", explicou que o míssil foi lançado de um navio da Marinha indiana às 11h30 hora local.

BrahMos vertically launched from INS Ranvir - This beautiful photograph just came in. Photographed in the Bay of Bengal at 1200HRS on December 18. A BrahMos supersonic cruise missile lift off the universal vertical launcher on board the Indian Navy's Kashin II-class destroyer INS Ranvir. Yesterday's press release from BrahMos reveals that the three follow-on Krivak-class (Talwar-class) stealth frigates being built Kaliningrad will have the same vertical launcher modules. The BrahMos is already integrated in the inclined configuration on Ranvir's sister ship INS Rajput. According to the statement from the company yesterday, the launch makes BrahMos the world's "first and only supersonic cruise missile capable of being launched from vertical and inclined configurations from a naval platform".

Pillai, informou que as manobras do míssil foram corretas e que atingiu o alvo, qualificou o teste de "missão perfeita".

O cientista assegurou que após o teste de hoje a Índia se transforma no primeiro e único país do mundo que dispõe em seu arsenal de um míssil de cruzeiro supersônico capaz de executar manobras.

Fonte: EFE - Via G1