Nirbhay is a long range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile designed and developed in India by the Aeronautical Development Establishment which is under Defence Research and Development Organisation.
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14 Facts About Nirbhay missile
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The missile can be launched from multiple platforms and is capable of carrying conventional and nuclear warheads.
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Nirbhay missile is powered by a solid rocket booster for take off which is developed by Advanced Systems Laboratory.
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The Nirbhay missile is guided by an inertial navigation system developed by Research Centre Imarat and a radio altimeter for the height determination.
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The Nirbhay missile has a ring laser gyroscope based guidance, control and navigation system.
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Nirbhay missile said the delay was due to development of some processes.
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Surface version of Nirbhay missile was test fired for the first time on 12 March 2013 from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Balasore district of Odisha.
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Second launch of the Nirbhay missile was scheduled for February–May 2014 but it was further delayed until October 2014.
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On 17 October 2014, the surface version of the Nirbhay missile was tested from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Balasore district of Odisha, and this time the test was successful.
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The Nirbhay missile was tracked with the help of ground-based radars and its health parameters were monitored by telemetry stations from DRDO's ITR and LRDE.
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Fourth test of the Nirbhay missile took place on 21 December 2016 from Launch Complex-III of Integrated Test Range at Balasore in Odisha around 11:56 IST.
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Fifth successful test of the Nirbhay missile took place on 7 November 2017 from Launch Complex-III of Integrated Test Range at Balasore in Odisha around 11:20 IST.
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Nirbhay missile project is technically closed after completing six developmental trials.
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The test was aborted after 8 minutes of launch and the Nirbhay missile ditched into open waters due to a technical glitch, which is yet to be ascertained.
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