<img title="A Brahmos cruise missile launcher at Rajpath during a Republic Day parade in New Delhi. File pic/AFP" src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/2018/mar/Brahmos-cruise.jpg" alt="A Brahmos cruise missile launcher at Rajpath during a Republic Day parade in New Delhi. File pic/AFP" /> A Brahmos cruise missile launcher at Rajpath during a Republic Day parade in New Delhi. File pic/AFP
India on Thursday successfully test fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile with an indigenous 'seeker' at Rajasthan's Pokhran test range, enhancing the country's capability of hitting enemy targets at a range of up to 400 km.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the missile hit the target with "pin-point" accuracy and the success will further bolster India's national security. It was for the first time that the missile was tested with indigenously developed 'seeker' technology. The seeker &mdash; developed by the DRDO &mdash; determines the accuracy of a missile by guiding it to the target, officials said. "Formidable Supersonic Cruise Missile #BrahMos was successfully flight tested at 8:42 am on Thursday at Pokhran test range, Rajasthan," Sitharaman tweeted.
400 km The distance at which the missile can hit a target
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India on Thursday successfully test fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile with an indigenous 'seeker' at Rajasthan's Pokhran test range, enhancing the country's capability of hitting enemy targets at a range of up to 400 km

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