INS Visakhapatnam test-fires BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

Highlights:

• Indian Naval warship INS Visakhapatnam test-fired naval variant of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile off the western seaboard on February 18, 2022.
• The warship has now reached Visakhapatnam to participate in the President's Fleet Review on February 21, 2022.
• INS Visakhapatnam is the Indian Navy’s newest indigenously built stealth guided-missile destroyer.

• BrahMos missile system is the main weapon system of the Indian Navy warships. 
• It has been deployed on almost all of its surface platforms.
• An underwater version is also being developed that will be used by the submarines of India.
• The underwater version of the missile system will also be offered for export to friendly foreign nations.