India testfires supersonic cruise missile
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India Sunday successfully testfired its supersonic BrahMos cruise missile off the coast of the eastern state of Orissa, sources said.
"The missile was testfired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off Orissa coast as part of a user's trial by the defence forces at 11:30 a.m.," the sources said.
The missile, developed under Indo-Russian joint venture, will be inducted into the Indian Army as well as the Indian Navy.
BrahMos can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It has the capability of attacking surface targets as low as 10 meters in altitude. It can gain a speed of Mach 2.8, and has a maximum range of 290 km.
The ship-launched and land-based missiles can carry a 200 kg warhead whereas the aircraft-launched variant can carry a 300 kg warhead.
