WATCH | Maiden BrahMos supersonic missile firing from Navy destroyer Mormugao hits 'bull's eye'

New Delhi, May 15: Using its frontline guided missile destroyer INS Mormugao, the Indian Navy successfully test fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile hitting "bulls eye" with her maiden BrahMos supersonic cruise missile firing.

 

 

It is the latest guided-missile destroyer to be used by the Indian Navy. The ship and her potent weapon, both indigenous, mark another shining symbol of 'AatmaNirbharta' and Indian Navy's firepower at sea

 

"INS Mormugao, the latest guided-missile Destroyer, successfully hit 'Bulls Eye' during her maiden #Brahmos Supersonic cruise missile firing. The ship and her potent weapon, both indigenous, mark another shining symbol of #Aatmanirbharta and Indian Navy's firepower at sea," the Indian Navy tweeted.

 

 

 

The second of the Project 15B stealth-guided missile destroyers built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDSL), INS Mormugao (Pennant D67), was commissioned into the Indian Navy in December 2022. The ship, named after a key port in Goa, was commissioned a day before the Goa Liberation Day celebrations.

 

 

BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd is an India-Russian joint venture, responsible for producing supersonic cruise missiles that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or land platforms.

 

India also exports the BrahMos missiles, that fly at a speed of 2.8 Mach or almost three times the speed of sound, the news report further added. The location of the test-firing of the missile is unclear.

 

Notably, India sealed a $375 million deal with Philippines for supplying three batteries of the missile in January last year.