NF Bureau: India on Monday successfully test fired 1,000 km strike range sub-sonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’ from Odisha coast.
This is India’s first indigenously designed long-range cruise missile, developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) a lab under Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
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Capable of reaching speeds of 0.6-0.7 Mach & payload of 1.5 Tonne, Nirbhay cruise missile can strike land targets at a distance of up to 1,000 kilometers.
Though the surface version of Nirbhay missile was first test fired from the ITR Chandipur in Balasore on 12 March 2013, the test was a partial success.
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