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Some social media users are claiming that India has failed to launch a surface-to-surface missile a day after India test-fired the Brahmos missile from Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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India successfully tested the land attack version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on November 24. The video is of the missile launch.
On November 24, India successfully test-fired a land-attack version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Meanwhile, some social media users are claiming that India has failed to launch a surface-to-surface missile.
A video of a missile launch is being shared with the caption, “Once again India has been failed in testing the surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile.” The 12-second video shows a missile taking off and then descending some distance away amid a trail of smoke.
Once again India has been failed in testing the surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile. pic.twitter.com/ChRmFzaTnq— Irmak Idoya (@Irmaknepal) November 25, 2020
India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the caption along with the video is false. The video is of the November 24 launch of BrahMos missile.
Many Twitter users have made similar claims. The archived version can be seen here.
AFWA probe
With the help of keyword search, we found that the official Twitter handle of Indian Army, Southern Command, Pune, had posted the same video in a horizontal format on November 24.
The video was shared with the caption, “Indian Army successfully launched its BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on 24 Nov 2020 in a top-attack configuration, hitting a target in the Bay of Bengal with pinpoint accuracy.”
Indian Army successfully launched its BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on 24 Nov 2020 in a top-attack configuration, hitting a target in the Bay of Bengal with pin point accuracy.#IndianArmy#SouthernCommand @DRDO_India#WarriorsoftheSouth#BrahMosMissile@adgpi pic.twitter.com/vec6Txdqgo— Southern Command INDIAN ARMY (@IaSouthern) November 24, 2020
News agency ANI had shared the same video on Twitter.
Several media reports were published about the launch, some of which can be seen here and here. The Press Information Bureau has also refuted the viral claim, calling it fake.
We found that the same Twitter user had earlier shared a fake claim of China shooting down an Indian Sukhoi jet, which was refuted by PIB.
Thus, it is clear that the recent launch video of BrahMos is being shared as India’s failure to launch a supersonic cruise missile.
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