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24/08/22 05:05 AM IST

AF sacks 3 officers for accidental firing of Brahmos missile

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  • The government terminated the services of three Indian Air Force (IAF) officers after finding them blameworthy for the accidental firing of a BrahMos missile from a base near Ambala on March 9. The missile had landed in an open field in Pakistan.
BrahMos Missile 
  • BrahMos missiles are designed, developed and produced by BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture company set up by DRDO and Mashinostroyenia of Russia (named after the Brahmaputra and Moskva rivers)
  • It is a two-stage cruise missilewith a solid propellant booster in the first stage and a liquid ramjet in the second stage.
  • A ramjet is a form of airbreathing jet engine that uses the forward motion of the engine to produce thrust.
  • It can be launched from land, air, and seaand works both day and night irrespective of the weather conditions.
  • Speed: 3 times more than the speed of sound.
  • The initial range of 290 km (now being upgraded to 400 Km)
Source- The Hindu 

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