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SCIENCE · 2011

Previous Year Question

In March 2009 the BrahMos Missile was tested at

A.

Pokharan

B.

Chandipur

C.

Cape Canveral

D.

Sri Harikota

Correct Answer: A

Detailed Solution

In March 2009, the BrahMos Block-II Land Attack Cruise Missile was tested at the Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan.

This Block-II version was specially developed with the capability to identify and precisely strike a designated target among several similar targets located close to one another.

Successful trials were conducted in March 2009. On 5 March 2009, BrahMos Block-II was successfully tested at Pokhran, and on 29 March 2009, another important trial successfully demonstrated its ability to hit the designated target.

BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile system jointly developed by India's DRDO and Russia's NPOM, and land, sea and air-launched variants of the system have been developed.

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