Indija testirala krstareću raketu blizu granice sa Pakistanom
Autor: Tanjug | 20.01.2009. - 23:11

Indija je danas uspešno testirala supersoničnu krstareću raketu Bramos u udaljenoj pustinjskoj oblasti u blizini granice sa Pakistanom, saopštili su zvaničnici.

Indijski zvaničnici su izjavili da je lansiranje Bramosa samo deo testiranja pouzdanosti indijskih raketa, dok pojedini analitičari smatraju da bi to, vrlo osetljivo pitanje, moglo da alarmira Pakistan, preneo je Rojters.
"Test je bio uspešan", izjavio je portparol Ministarstva odbrane ne precizirajući detalje.
Bramos, koji putuje 2,8 puta brže od brzine zvuka i ima domet 290 kilometara, testiran je u Pohranu, pustinjskom gradu uz granicu sa Pakistanom, gde je Indija već vršila nuklearne testove 1998. godine, istakla je agencija.
Ova raketa, koja može biti ispaljena i iz konvencionalnih i iz nuklearnih bojevih glava, dobila je ime po indijskoj reci Bramaputri i ruskoj reci Moskvi, budući da je izrađena u idijsko-ruskoj koprodukciji.
Test je izvršen u trenutku kada su odnosi Indije i Pakistana ozbiljno pogoršani posle masakra u Mumbaju, u kome je poginulo 179 osoba. Nju Delhi optužuje Islamabad da je umešan u taj zločin. Pakistan takve navode odlučno odbacuje.
Od sticanja nezavisnosti od Velike Britanije (1947), Indija i Pakistan, koji poseduju nuklearno oružje, su tri puta međusobno ratovali.

Izvor: Blic

Indian test fires supersonic cruise missile BrahMos
Submitted by Bhuvan Kala


In an operation aimed to showoff and fine-tune its missile power, the Indian Army, yesterday, test fired the land-attack version of its supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from the Pokhran range in Rajasthan. It was the 18th successful test flight of BrahMos.

Inducted into both the Navy and the Army, BrahMos was jointly developed by India and Russia; its name has come from Indian River Brahmaputra and the Russian River Moscowa.

BrahMos is capable of cruising up to an altitude of 14 km and destroying targets 290 km away. It can be loaded with conventional warheads weighing up to 300 kg, and its speed is almost three times the speed of sound.

BrahMos is well equipped to be launched from land, ships, submarines and aircraft; its configuration is virtually the same for land, sea and sub-sea platforms. Presently, DRDO researchers are working on to make its launch possible from a submarine and an aircraft. 

Presently, the army has one regiment armed with the BrahMos missile.

As the test was conducted in the atmosphere of heightened tension between India and Pakistan after Mumbai attacks, Defence Minister A K Antony clarified that the test was pre-planned and it has nothing to with the ongoing tension with Pakistan.

India successfully test fires BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

29/03/2009 13:45 NEW DELHI, March 29 (RIA Novosti) - India has successfully tested the latest land attack version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile at a firing range in Pokhran, a spokesman for Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace Limited said Sunday.

The spokesman said that the missile had successfully hit its designated target.

The BrahMos missile has a range of 290 km (180 miles) and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300 kg (660 lbs). It can effectively engage ground targets from an altitude as low as 10 meters (30 feet) and has a top speed of Mach 2.8, which is about three times faster than the U.S.-made subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile.

Analysts estimate that India could purchase up to 1,000 BrahMos missiles for its armed forces in the next decade, and export 2,000 to other countries during the same period.

During a recent visit by Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov to India, the two sides agreed to develop a hypersonic version of the missile to be known as BrahMos-2.


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