New delhi - India on Wednesday successfully test-fired its Brahmos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the country’s army, Indian media reports citing defense officials said on Wednesday. “The missile was test-fired from a ground mobile launcher from the launch complex-3 at about 1122 hours and the trial was successful,” officials said. The surface-to-surface Army version missile was test-fired from the test range at Chandipur off the coast of the south-eastern state of Odisha.
The Brahmos missile is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 200 to 300 kilograms and has a flight range of up to 290 kilometres.