Jaisalmer, March 4
The Army today successfully test fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile at the Pokharan range here to operationalise the second regiment of the weapon system in service.

BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was test-fired on Sunday

"In conformity and pursuit of operational and strategic surface-to-surface missile capability development, the second BrahMos unit of Indian Army has been operationalised. The Indian Army unit successfully launched BrahMos missile and destroyed the preselected target in the field firing ranges in Rajasthan," an Army spokesperson said here.

The test was witnessed by senior Army officials, including Vice Chief Lt Gen Shri Krishna Singh and Director General Military Operations (DGMO) Lt Gen AK Chaudhary.

The Army has so far placed orders for three regiments of the supersonic cruise missile and with today’s test firing, two of them have been inducted operationally.

The Defence Ministry has also given a go-ahead to the Army to induct a third regiment for being deployed in Arunachal Pradesh along the China border.

One regiment of the 290-km range BrahMos consists around 65 missiles, five mobile autonomous launchers on Tatra vehicles and two mobile command posts, among other equipment. —PTI