India’s Successful Launch of BrahMos Missile From Underwater

India succesfuly launched the brahMos Missile from underwater at at 2:10 PM on Wednesday (20th March 2013)  from a submerged platform in Bay of Bengal off the coast of Visakhapatnam.

This is a history that the missile took off vertically from the submerged platform for its full range of 290 kms. This is the first test-firing of an underwater supersonic cruise missile anywhere in the world and the missile travelled its complete range of over 290km. And this is first supersonic missile launched vertically from a submerged platfrom.BRAHMOS vertically installed in a modular launcher in the pressure hull of the submarine will increase the ‘offensive power’ of the vessel without compromising on its ‘defensive power’ as the torpedo tubes can be fully utilised for defence.

BrahMos CEO speaks about that, ” The BrahMos missile is fully ready for fitment in submarines in vertical launch configuration which will make the platform one of the most powerful weapon platforms in the world”.He also added that the performance of the missile during the test launch was perfect. Defence minister AK Antony congratulated DRDO scientists and Russian specialists also the officers of Indian Navy associated with the project for successful test launch of missile from an underwater platform.Officials said more than 10 trials of the missile had been carried out earlier. only few nation have this missile capablity.This will help to launch the warheads from underwater.