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| BrahMos
Aerospace Private Limited
was established in India as a Joint Venture through an Inter-Governmental
Agreement between India and Russia signed in February 1998.
The acronym BrahMos is perceived as the confluence of two
great nations represented by two great rivers, the Brahmaputra
of India and the Moscow of Russia. |
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The
BRAHMOS missile will be available for export to friendly countries
when it will be ready for regular production by 2004.
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foundation of the Joint Venture BrahMos is an example of integration
and promotion of jointly developed high technology military
products to the world market. |
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| Launch
of BRAHMOS D01: |
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first flight-test of the BRAHMOS missile was conducted
on 12 June 2001 at the Interim Test Range, in Orissa
state of India. The missile was launched in vertical
mode, where the missile was launched upward from the
canister and directed towards the target point. This
launch was the first in a series of flight-tests planned
to demonstrate the capabilities of the system to the
potential customers. |
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of BRAHMOS D02: |
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The
second flight test (D02) of the BRAHMOS supersonic cruise
missile was conducted successfully, from Interim Test
Range in Orissa, on 28 April 2002. The missile was flown
in a high-low-low
trajectory to test the missile's sea skimming capabilities.
In this flight, the missile was launched in an inclined
configuration, as if it is onboard a ship.
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The
mission objective was to establish the missile parameters
and the performance of all the subsystems, in the configuration.
The post flight analysis proved that all the set mission
objectives had been achieved.
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| Launch
of BRAHMOS D03: |
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The
BRAHMOS (D03) missile was successfully flight
tested on 12 February 2003 from one of the warships
off the eastern coast.
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