A sea-to-sea capable modern version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was test-fired from INS Visakhapatnam.
BrahMos is a long-range supersonic cruise missile system. It can be launched from land, sea and air. BrahMos has been jointly developed by DRDO and NPOM of Russia.
The BrahMos missile is named after the Brahmaputra and Moskva rivers. It is a two-stage missile. It uses a solid propellant booster engine as the first stage and a liquid ramjet engine as the second stage. It works on the principle of ‘fire and forget’.
Source – The Hindu
