India successfully test fires Nirbhay missile off Odisha Coast

Reporterstoday, Bhubaneswar, Apr 15: India successfully test fired a sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay off the Odisha coast on Monday.

The 1,000-km range missile was fired for a shorter range from a launch pad from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Balasore district.

The missile, Indigenously developed by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), can carry warheads of up to 300 kg.

NIrbhaya can travel with a turbofan or turbojet engine and is guided  by a highly advanced inertial navigation system.

It was last tested successfully November 2017.