India test fires BrahMos cruise missile
September 5th, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANSBhubaneswar, Sep 5 (IANS) India Sunday test fired the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from a defence base in Orissa, official sources said.
The missile was test fired from the Integrated Test Range of Chandipur in Balasore district, 230 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, the sources said.
India and Russia are jointly designing the BrahMos missile, which is capable of carrying conventional warheads up to 200-300 kg and has a range of 290 km, to be in line with the international regulations.
The missile is named after the Brahmaputra (India) and Moskva (Russia) rivers. It was first test fired in 2004.
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