BrahMos missile test-fired from Indian Navy’s newest ship INS Kochi, hits target

Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos with a strike-range of over 290 kms was test-fired from the navy’s newest stealth destroyer INS Kochi successfully hitting a decommissioned target ship in the Arabian Sea. 

• The second of Project 15A ‘Kolkata-class’ guided missile destroyers test-fired the advanced missile system as part of ‘Acceptance Test Firing’ during a naval drill being conducted along the country’s west coast.

Key points:

• CEO and MD of BrahMos : Sudhir Mishra.
• INS Kochi commissioned on September 30, 2015.