Nuclear Capable Shaurya Missile to be Inducted And Deployed by Indian Forces
New Delhi, October 6: The Centre on Tuesday approved induction and deployment of nuclear-capable Shaurya Missile. It is a 700-km range surface-to-surface supersonic missile and is the land version of the submarine-launched BA-05 missile. Notably, BA-05 missile has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The land version of the missile was successfully test-fired by the from a defence facility off Odisha coast. Shaurya is a 10-meter-long nuclear-capable missile with a diameter of 0.74 metres. The surface-to-surface missile can hit targets in around 800 km range. The missile weighs around 160 kg. Shaurya Missile, an Indigenous Hypersonic Nuclear-Capable Missile, Successfully Test-Fired from Balasore in Odisha.
Shaurya missile is a canister launched hypersonic surface-to-surface tactical missile. Shaurya can reach a velocity of Mach 7.5 even at low altitudes. It is stored in canisters so that it could ke kept for long period without maintenance.
