India successfully test-fires nuclear-capable cruise missile Nirbhay

ProMASS: Dec21, 2016:  India today successfully test-fired its potent nuclear-capable long range cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’ from the Integrated Missile Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha today.

The state-of-the-art missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation was test fired successfully from the launch complex 3 of the ITR at 11:56 hours. Nirbhay is very manoeuverable and can fly at tree-top level, making it difficult to detect on radar, and strikes targets more than 700 km away carrying nuclear warheads, giving India the capability to strike deep into enemy territory.

Courtesy: AIR NEWS