India on Tuesday has successfully launched a new version of Medium Range Ballistic Missile that’s capable of striking targets at a distance exceeding 250 KM.
“A successful launch of the new variant of a Medium-Range Ballistic Missile was carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command on April 23, 2024. The user launch has proven the operational capability of the Command and validated new technologies.”
The Defence Ministry, in a release, said the user launch has proven the operational capability of the missile capability of the missile with new technologies. The test firing was conducted under the aegis of the strategies forces command, and the release was further added.
Meanwhile, news agency PTI reported that the new version of the Medium-Range Ballistic Missile is not from the “Agni” family and weapons systems.
Earlier on 18th April 2024, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted a test flight of an Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha.
During the test, all the subsystems performed as per expectations. The missile performance was monitored by several Range Sensors like Radar, Electro-Optical Tracking System (EOTS) and Telemetry deployed by IT at different locations to ensure complete coverage of the flight path.
The Defense Ministry said in a release, “The missile followed the desired path using waypoint navigation and demonstrated very low altitude sea-skimming flight,” The missile was developed by Bengaluru-based DRDO laboratory Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) along with contributions from the other laboratories, and Indian industries.
