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India test fires Brahmos missile from warship

IRNA

New Delhi, Nov 24, IRNA -- An Indian naval warship carried out the 
first development firing of the Indo-Russian anti-ship missile, 
Brahmos, on a target Sunday in the Bay of Bengal. 
The test-firing was successful and the missile, after flying in 
its planned trajectory, hit the intended target. 
Brahmos has a target range of 290-km with capability to carry 200 
to 300 kgs payload of conventional warhead mass. It can be fired from 
multiple platforms which included ship, land, submarine and air, the 
sources said. 
The missile is marginally over eight meters in length and 670 mm 
in diameter. 
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