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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

BrahMos ready for induction: Army

PJ-10 Brahmos supersonic cruise missileThe Army on Monday gave the green signal for the induction of the new version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, which has been developed to act as a precision-strike weapon in a "clustered urban environment".

Army vice-chief Lt-Gen Noble Thamburaj said the third test of the 290-km-range BrahMos Block-II missile, the first test of which had failed on January 20, at Pokhran on Sunday had been analyzed to be "extremely successful''.

"Accuracy was the watchword. We had wanted them (BrahMos Aerospace) to include a new sensor in the missile.

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