New Delhi:
India has tested a supersonic cruise missile named, ‘BrahMos’ from its testing
range in Balasore, Orissa. The third test took place on Wednesday. Currently,
BrahMos is the primary land to surface weapon for Indian army. Brahmos has
several key parts such as booster, subsystems developed in India. The missile
range of ‘BrahMos’ is over 400 kms with absolute precision. Previously, ‘BrahMos’
was developed in conjunction with Russia. Due to the ongoing standoff with
China, this previously developed missile was deployed in Ladakh and Arunachal
Pradesh.
India and
China claimed territory in Ladakh and the confrontation turned violent when
twenty Indian soldiers were killed in mid-June. Since the confrontation, top
ranking army officials from both India and China held meetings to resolve the
issue but only resulted in a temporary truce as of yet. The future is uncertain
on the issue with both armies deploying armies and weapons on their sides of
borders with future talks expected to take place between India and China.
