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Photo: Sivathanu Pillai.
Russian-Indian joint venture company BrahMos Aerospace has developed submarine-launched modification of BrahMos cruise missile; test launch is scheduled in the current year, said the company's executive director Sivathanu Pillai.
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Underwater test launch of BrahMos missile to be carried out in 2011
15.02.2011
The company has already developed the submarine-launched version, he said. It is planned to conduct the test launch from drowned platform placed on a special pontoon. The launch is supposed to be performed this year, added the executive director.
As was previously reported, the Russian-Indian company had developed a modification of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile designed for submarines.
Russian-Indian joint venture company BrahMos Aerospace was established in India in 1998 for production of supersonic antiship missiles. The company was founded by NPO Mashinostroyenia (Russia) and Defense Research and Development Organisation (India).
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