Subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay was test-fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the seacoast at Chandipur here at 10.33 am on Monday.
During the flight test, the missile developed a snag. The details of the snag were being ascertained, said DRDO officials. Nirbhay is a long-range cruise missile capable of deep penetration into adversary territory to strike high-value targets with precision. It has a strike range of 1,000 km.
Powered by a solid rocket motor booster, missile, with a turbo-fan engine, is guided by a highly-advanced inertial navigation system. Capable of carrying 24 kinds of war weapons, weapon is able to target multiple places simultaneously.The missile has a length of 6 metre, width of 0.52 metre, a wing span of 2.7 metre and weighs about 1500 kg. It can carry warheads of up to 300 kg.