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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is getting prepared for another trial of India’s first home-grown subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay. the test, scheduled for Tuesday this week, will take place at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) off Odisha coast. It will be fifth launch of the missile in the last five years.
Nirbhay will be tested using a turbojet engine for the first time. The six-metre-long two-stage missile can strike a target 1,000 km away, weighs around 1,500 kg and can carry warheads up to 200 kg.
