{"id":4331,"date":"2022-02-02T15:18:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T15:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/?p=4331"},"modified":"2022-02-02T15:18:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T15:18:48","slug":"india-tests-new-version-of-indigenous-cruise-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/india-tests-new-version-of-indigenous-cruise-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"India tests new version of indigenous cruise missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India has successfully tested the launch of a new version of its domestic supersonic cruise missile &#8220;BrahMos&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A statement issued by the State Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) said that the missile was launched from a test ground in Chandipur, in the eastern state of Orissa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement added: &#8220;The missile followed the expected trajectory to achieve all mission objectives, and the speed of the missile, which has a high degree of maneuverability, exceeded the speed of sound.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organization hailed the test as &#8220;a major milestone in the way forward within the BrahMos missile programme&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The missile was developed as part of a joint project launched in 1998 between the Indian organization and the Russian NPO Mashinostroyeniya to design missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 11, India conducted a sea test of the said missile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, the Philippine Defense Minister, Delfin Lorenzana, said in a statement that his country had completed a $375 million deal to purchase the &#8220;BrahMos&#8221; anti-ship missile system from India, to strengthen its navy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has successfully tested the launch of a new version of its domestic supersonic cruise missile &#8220;BrahMos&#8221;. A statement issued by the State Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) said that the missile was launched from a test ground in Chandipur, in the eastern state of Orissa. The statement added: &#8220;The missile followed the expected &hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":4326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[308,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-308","category-186"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4332,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4331\/revisions\/4332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}