Nirbhay missile test successful: DRDO

On Tuesday, India successfully conducted a fight test of its indigenously designed and developed long range sub-sonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’. This was the fifth test of the missile that can carry 300 kg pay load from various surfaces.

The missile took off from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur on Tuesday morning.



“Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) achieved yet another feat today with the successful test flight of ‘NIRBHAY’ – India’s first indigenously designed and developed Long Range Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile which can be deployed from multiple platforms. It was successfully test fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha,” a government release said.