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BrahMos II Missile Faces New Test: DRDO Sources
By vivek raghuvanshi
Published: 3 Mar 12:32 EST (17:32 GMT)

NEW DELHI - India's homegrown BrahMos II, which scientists here claim is the fastest cruise missiles in the world at 5.26 Mach, is likely to be tested this week, said sources in the government's Defence Research and Development Organisation, (DRDO), which is developing the missile.

In a January test, BrahMos II deviated from its flight path, but scientists have developed a new seeker head for the missile, the sources said, and the upcoming test would check its parameters.
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BrahMos, a joint venture between India and Russia, is developing the hypersonic BrahMos II, which is expected to be commissioned by 2013, the DRDO sources said. It will be used mainly by the Army against land targets.

Indian land and naval forces use the supersonic BrahMos I, inducted in 2007, at speeds of 2.5 Mach. The air version, still under development, will be mounted on the Russian-built Su-30 MKI Multirole aircraft.

The Indian Army's BrahMos I, with a range of more than 280 kilometers, can carry a nuclear warhead, is mounted on Tatra trucks and can be launched from a flatbed railway wagon.

Pakistan is developing a 500-kilometer-range cruise missile, the Babur, but it is not known when the missile will be inducted.


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