India Successfully Tests BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile - Defense Ministry
13:54 21.05.2018
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Indian Defense Minister Raksha Mantri Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday congratulated the manufacturers and the country's Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on a successful test of a land-based supersonic cruise missile BrahMos.
The previous test of a BrahMos missile took place in late March.
The BrahMos – a portmanteau of Brahmaputra and Moscow – is a missile that has been jointly developed and produced by India and Russia since 1998. The first successful BrahMos launch took place in 2001.
The missile has a range of 180 miles and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 660 pounds. BrahMos missiles can be launched from warships and submarines as well as from aircraft and land-based launchers.
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