Different versions of the missile system are deployed in Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Navy

India has successfully test-fired a new version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile. The test firing was carried out off the coast of Odisha in Balasore on Thursday.

The missile was equipped with new technological developments which were successfully proven.

"BrahMos Missile was successfully test fired from ITR, Chandipur today. The mission validated many new indigenous systems successfully demonstrating enhanced capabilities," DRDO said on Twitter.

Earlier this month, DRDO had successfully tested an advanced sea-to-sea variant of the BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile. The test was carried out from INS Visakhapatnam off the western coast on January 11.

In December last year, the DRDO had announced the successful testing of an air version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.

It was test fired from a Sukhoi 30 MK-I aircraft at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.

The multi-role and multi-platform supersonic missile system has proved its worth on land and sea as well as air.

Inaugurating the BrahMos Manufacturing Centre in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on December 26, 2021, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had said that the missile had strengthened India's credible deterrence in the 21st century.

He had described the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as the world's best and fastest precision-guided weapon.

Different versions of the missile system have been deployed in all three services - Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Navy.

BrahMos, which derives it name from the Brahmaputra and Moskva rivers in India and Russia respectively, is a joint venture between India's DRDO and Russia's NPOM to develop next-generation supersonic missiles for the Indian Armed Forces.