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In Pictures: India Tests Extended Range BrahMos Missile From Andaman And Nicobar Islands
BrahMos missile test-fired on 23 March 2022. (Andaman and Nicobar Command/Twitter)
India has tested the extended-range variant of BrahMos cruise missile from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean.
The test comes just weeks after the "inadvertent release" of the missile from a base operated by the Indian Air Force during a maintenance drill. The cruise missile had landed in Pakistan's Punjab province.
Recent tests
In February, India test-fired a BrahMos missile from a land-based launcher in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
On 8 December, the air-launched version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test-fired from a Su-30MKI fighter jet, clearing it for serial production. The air-launched version of the BrahMos missile, also called BrahMos-A, is being integrated with Su-30 MKI fighters of the IAF. The IAF had test-fired the air-launched version of the BrahMos missile from a modified Su-30 MKI fighter for the first time in 2017.
These tests come at a time when the Philippines has signed a $375 million deal with BrahMos Aerospace Limited for the purchase of missiles for its land-based anti-ship missile system.
