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title: "Which Indian organization has developed sub-sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay', which is successfully test fired recently?"  
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published: 2018-01-29  
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# Which Indian organization has developed sub-sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay', which is successfully test fired recently?

Which [Indian](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80907/why-all-indian-states-should-be-ready-like-maharashtra-in-fighting-covid-19) [organization](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11572/how-to-turn-your-organization-into-making-data-driven-decisions) has developed sub-sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay', which is successfully [test](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85391/is-it-the-money-for-which-india-loses-the-title-of-world-test-championship-against-australia) fired recently?

## Answers

### Answer by akriti kashyap

## Nirbhaya Cruise Missile!

![Which Indian organization has developed sub-sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay', which is successfully test fired recently?](https://answers.mindstick.com/images/30jan2018/f455ca92-82b0-4482-819b-8b2ba3d26bbd.png)

The **DRDO** or **Defence of Research and Development Organization** has conducted the successful flight test of the missile which is been designed and developed indigenously of the long-range sub-sonic cruise missile ‘**Nirbhaya**’, which can carry up to 300kg of the warheads. The state of the art missile was profitably tested via firing from the **Integrated Test Range** (**ITR**) in a city of **Chandipur**, **Odisha**. Well, this is just not all about it… this missile is capable of cruising at a speed of **0.7 Mach** and could loiter at an altitude as low as **100 m** from the land bed. It is been equipped by the solid rocket motor booster, this missile is gadget with the turbo-fan engine which is been guided by the **breakthrough inertial navigation system**. This missile is eligible to carry 24 kinds of the weapons utilized during war thus, it is been utilized to target the multiple spots in one go. Nirbhaya is maneuverable thus, it could fly at the level of the tree-top as to be hidden from the radar detector and is capable of clearing off the targets at **1000 km** carrying the nuclear warheads, which is giving India to dig deep into the territory of the enemies.

## Having a look at its technicalities:

![Which Indian organization has developed sub-sonic cruise missile](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/dc9e4da4-9eb7-477a-906e-8469ab673a7c/images/10569641-b16c-4b3b-9ca0-87d6ecdd8542.jpeg)\

## For further details you can hit on the below link to gather more information about it:

[**Report on Nirbhaya Cruise Missile**](http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/longrange-cruise-missile-nirbhay-testfired/article9946323.ece)

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