India successfully test fires sub-sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay'
It was successfully test
fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur along the Odisha coast
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NEWS : India today successfully
test-fired its first indigenously designed and developed long range sub-sonic
cruise missile 'Nirbhay',
which has 1,000 km operational range and a capacity to carry warheads of up to
300 kg.
It was successfully test fired from
the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur along the Odisha coast.
This was the fifth experimental
test of the homegrown missile system. Out of the four earlier trials since its
maiden launch in 2013, only one was successful.
Describing the trial a success, a
defence statement said the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
achieved yet another feat, the successful test flight of 'Nirbhay' which can be
deployed from multiple platforms.
Today's flight test achieved all
the mission objectives completely, from lift-off till the final splash,
boosting the confidence of all scientists associated with the trial, the
statement said.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
complimented DRDO scientists for this inspired achievement. She was optimistic
that this would take India to the select league of nations possessing this
complex technology and sub-sonic cruise missile capability, it said.
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