The Indian Army is refusing to induct the BrahMos missile into service without further tests.

My guess here is that the army is concerned that the 5000 lb supersonic missile won’t work reliably.

Considering the most recent failure, and the generally spotty record of India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), I’d want some real testing to verify this too.

There is also an element of bureaucratic infighting too, as Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor was at that test, where he was told that it was a success, but he visited the target area, and saw that it was a miss, and then DRDO criticized him for telling the press that it was a failure.

Oops.