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Indigenously designed and developed India’s first long-range subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay
which can carry warheads weighing up to 300 kg towards a target located 1000km away will
be making its Republic day debut this time.
Two-stage missile is 6 meters long, 0.52 metre wide with a wingspan of 2.7 meters.
It can fly at a speed of 0.6 to 0.7 Mach.
Its launch weight is about 1,500 kg an for the first time was spotted in Republic day
Parade rehearsal with Missile Launcher.
The state-of-the-art sleek cruise missile conducted its 5th Test launch successfully
last year.
The fifth test of the missile took place on 7 November 2017 from Launch Complex-3 of Integrated
Test Range at Balasore in Odisha around 11:20 IST.
The flight test was a success and met all mission objectives.
During the test, the missile traveled a distance of 647 km over a 50 min duration was tracked
by ground based radars and telemetry stations.
Missile so far had Three failures and Two Successful launches.
DRDO is gearing up for more launches this year to improve the reliability of the weapons
system before it enters small-scale production.