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India test fires supersonic anti-ship cruise Brahmos missile

IRNA

New Delhi, Oct 29, IRNA -- Brahmos, the supersonic anti-ship cruise 
missile jointly developed by India and Russia, was on Wednesday 
successfully tested from the Interim Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur 
near Balasore in the Eastern Indian State of Orissa, India`s Defense 
Research and Development Organization (DRDO) sources said. 
Brahmos has a target range of 290-km with capability to carry 200 
to 300 kgs payload of conventional warhead mass, reported Press Trust 
of India (PTI). 
It can be fired from multiple platforms which included ship, land,
submarine and air, DRDO sources said. 
Though primarily an anti-ship missile, Brahmos also has the 
capability to engage shore-based radio-contrast target, they said. 
Launched from a ship, it can fly up to a height of 14 km at 2-mach 
speed (twice the speed of sound). It has a preset trajectory but a 
sensor on the head detects the target and can change its course to 
strike up to 20 km from the targeted range. The missile also has a 
device to skim at near-surface level. 
The missile is marginally over eight meters in length, 670 mm in 
diameter. 
"It was a wonderful test flight. This flight was intended to 
evaluate the precision guidance system and improved fire control 
system," A.S.Pillai, chief controller, DRDO said. 
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