Video of todays Nirbhay cruise missile launch from the Integrated Test Range off Odishas coast. India has in its arsenal the 290 km range supersonic BrahMos cruise missile which is jointly developed by India and Russia. But Nirbhay with long range capability is a different kind of missile being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation. Nirbhay has good loitering capability, good control and guidance, high degree of accuracy in terms of impact and very good stealth features. Low-flying cruise missiles such as the Nirbhay can easily slip past enemy air-defence systems due to small radar cross section. The Nirbhay will be configured to be launched from multiple platforms such as land, air and sea. The missile, which could be compared with the American Tomahawk missile, has a strike range of around 750 to 1,000 km and is expected to supplement the Indo-Russian joint venture supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, which can carry warheads up to 290 km. While India is yet to have its own technology to develop supersonic or hypersonic cruise missiles, the Missile Technology Control Regime prohibits the signatories from providing technology to any other country developing a cruise missile with a range greater than or equal to 300 km.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:18:43 +0000
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