The Defence Research and Development Organisation asserted that India’s indigenous subsonic cruise missile named as Nirbhay is all set for the fifth trial. The previous trail happened in December 2015 was a failure. The DRDO Chief S. Christopher said the glitches that led to failure in its fourth trial in December 2016 have been removed. The two-stage missile has a length of six meters, a diameter of 0.52 m, a wing span of 2.7 m and a launch weight of about 1,500 kg.
On December 2016 trial was aborted half-way as the missile changed its targeted course. It had to be destroyed within minutes of taking off amid a threat that the missile could hit land. The 750-1,000 km-long range missile’s first test on March 12, 2013, failed as it fell after 20 minutes of flight. The second on October 17, 2014, was, however, successful. The third test on October 16, 2015, saw the missile nose-dive after covering 128 km in the Bay of Bengal.
Nirbhay will act in a supplement to the Indo-Russian supersonic missile BrahMos, which can carry warheads up to 290 km. With the capability to strike deep into enemy territory, Nirbhay has been designed and developed by the DRDO at its aeronautics R&D laboratory ADE (Aeronautical Development Establishment) based in Bengaluru.
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