India’s indigenous surface to surface cruise missile Nirbhay test fired
Q. Which indigenous surface to surface cruise missile was test fired in Odisha on 16th October 2015?- Published on 19 Oct 15a. Trishul
b. Nag
c. Nirbhay
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Nirbhay
The indigenous surface to surface cruise missile nose dived midway after being fired from the Chandipur Integrated Test Range in Balasore, Odisha. Missile missed the target within 11 minutes after it was test fired. Though the missile has a range of 750-1000 km, it nose dived following coverage of 128 km in Bay of Bengal. This cruise missile will supplement Indo Russian joint venture supersonic cruise missile BrahMos. This 6 metre two stage missile has a diameter of .52 m and a wing span of 2.7 m with a launch weight of 1500 kgs.
