BrahMos missile integrated with Sukhoi fighter

NASHIK: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's ( HAL) Nashik division created history on Saturday when it conducted a test flight of a 2,500kg supersonic BrahMos missile integrated with a Sukhoi SU-30 MKI aircraft at its airport here.

The first carriage flight of Su-30 MKI aircraft with BrahMos missile went up at 2.30pm and was in the air for 45 minutes. "It is a perfect example of the ' Make in India' initiative and an engineering marvel in the country's aviation history. It proves that when all agencies come together, there is nothing called impossible," HAL chairman and managing director T Suvarna Raju said.

The integration of BrahMos on the Su-30 MKI gives "a lethal weapon delivery platform" to IAF, Raju said.