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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out two successful tests of the latest variant of the BrahMos missile- from the land platform and the other from the air.

About the missile

1. It is a cruise missile that can be guided towards a pre-determined land or sea-based target.

2. BrahMos is developed through a collaboration between India and Russia. It is named after the rivers Brahmaputra and Moskva.

3. This is classified as a supersonic cruise missile. It means it has the capability to attain speeds 2.8 times that of sound (Mach 2.8).

4. The first version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was inducted into the Indian Navy in 2005.

Latest variants

1. Tests are conducted periodically to continuously upgrade and update the missiles with new hardware and software.

2. Capability of the latest variants has been tested based on various parameters under different atmospheric conditions.

3. Additional hardware and software systems have been tested based on the inputs from the user against more complex targets.

4. The latest version under development is aimed at attaining speeds greater than Mach 5. These are called hypersonic cruise missiles.

5. The latest BrahMos Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) has been significant addition in IAF’s air combat capability from stand-off ranges.

6. Stand-off range missiles are ones that are launched at a distance sufficient to allow an attacking party to evade defensive fire expected from the target area.

About DRDO

1. It is an agency of the Ministry of Defence works in the military's research and development sector. It is headquartered in New Delhi, India.

2. It seeks to empower India with cutting-edge defence technologies and achieve self-reliance in critical defence technologies and systems.

3. It was formed in 1958 from the amalgamation of the then already functioning,

a) Technical Development Establishment (TDEs) of the Indian Army

b) Directorate of Technical Development & Production (DTDP) with the Defence Science Organisation (DSO)

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