DRDO Successfully Test-Fires Nirbhay Missile with Indigenous Engine Off Odisha Coast

DRDO Successfully Test-Fires Nirbhay Missile with Indigenous Engine Off Odisha Coast

• The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired medium range subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, off Odisha coast, on August 11, 2021.
• ITCM Nirbhay was successfully test-launched with a Made-in-India Manik turbo fan engine. This was the first successful test-firing of the missile with the indigenous booster engine.
• Nirbhay is India’s first Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM). It can use both conventional and nuclear weapons of 200 to 300 kilograms. The missile can be launched from multiple platforms.
• ITCM Nirbhay can travel at a speed of 0.7 to 0.9 Mach, or 4 to 7 times faster than the speed of sound.