The extended range version of the air-to-air BrahMos missile was successfully launched

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The extended range version of the air-to-air BrahMos missile was successfully launched from a Sukhoi-30 Mark-I fighter aircraft.

• During the test, the missile hit the target accurately in the Bay of Bengal.

• This was the first launch of the extended-range version of the BrahMos missile from a Sukhoi-30 Mark-I fighter aircraft.

• The advanced version of this missile has a range of around 350 kms while the original missile had a range of around 290 kms.

• Indian Defence Research Organisation (DRDO), Indian Navy, BAPL and HAL were involved in this test along with the Indian Air Force.

• Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft 

• The Sukhoi 30 MKI is the flagship fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force.

• This fighter aircraft is made in collaboration with Russia's military aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi and India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

• It was inducted into the Indian Air Force in the year 2002 and since 2004, they have been manufactured in India by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

• This aircraft can attack at a distance of 3000 km.

• About BrahMos missile  

• BrahMos is a short-range ramjet, supersonic cruise missile.

• It can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or even from land.

• It has been jointly developed by Russia's NPO Mashinostroyenia and India's Defence Research and Development Organisation.

• Brahmos is named after the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva river of Russia.

• Features of BrahMos 

• It can change course in the air and can also hit the moving target.

• It can fly at a height of 10 metres and is not caught by radar.