India on June 24, 2021 successfully test-fired nuclear-capable subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay from the Integrated Test Range(ITR) at Chandipur of Odisha coast.
- Having a range of 1500 KM, the missile was fired from launchpad no.3 of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur of Balasore district.
- Nirbhay-designed and developed by the DRDO, is a subsonic cruise missile.
- The missile is capable of carrying nuclear warheads up to 200 kg.
- Nirbhay is an indigenously designed and developed long range sub-sonic cruise missile.
- The Nirbhay is India’s first indigenously produced cruise missile. The missile similar in appearance to the U.S. Tomahawk and the Russian Club SS-N-27 with its cylindrical fuselage.
