India test-fires BrahMos successfully from INS Tarkash
India has successfully test fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Navy’s latest guided missile frigate INS Tarkash off the coast of Goa as part of Navy’s Acceptance Test Firing (ATF) .
INS Tarkash:
- Russian built
- Advanced Talwar Class frigate
- Weapons suite include surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missile systems, 100 mm medium-range gun, close-in weapon system, torpedo tubes and anti-submarine rockets.
- The warship, along with two other frigates of the class – INS Teg (already commissioned in 2012) and INS Trikand (yet to come), has been built as part of an over Rs 8,000-crore contract signed b/w India and Russia in July 2006. All three will be fitted with BrahMos.
India is designing several different versions of the BrahMos which includes land, anti-ship and submarine-launched versions.
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Month: Current Affairs - May, 2013