Pokhran, Mar. 4: A new version of the BrahMos cruise missile was successfully tested on Wednesday, hitting its target at the Army’s test range in Pokhran, Rajasthan.
On January 20, the BrahMos Block II, during an earlier test, took off successfully, but deviated from its path and landed away from its target.
Official sources claimed a small defect in the software of the homing device of the missile prevented the hit then, defect has since been rectified.