LUCKNOW: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday witnessed a BrahMos virtual strike through the Indian Air Force’s SU-30 fighter jet at the BrahMos aerospace production unit in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow.
Singh also flagged off the trucks displaying the first batch of locally manufactured BrahMos missiles. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak accompanied the Defence Minister.
Singh, along with Adityanath, planted a sapling in the premises of the BrahMos Aerospace unit and also inaugurated the Booster and Warhead building.
On this occasion, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief Samir V Kamat and Brahmos Director General (DG) Jaiteerth R Joshi handed over the GST Bill of Brahmos Manufactured at the Lucknow unit to Singh and Adityanath.
This comes months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that Brahmos missiles will now be manufactured in Lucknow.
