India on Sunday became the first country to have a manoeuvrable supersonic cruise missile in its inventory, when it successfully test fired the vertical-launch version of Brahmos supersonic cruise missile, jointly developed with Russia.
Launched from a state of the art vertical launcher, fitted in a moving warship INS Ranvir off the Orissa coast, the missile hit the target ship in the Bay of Bengal.
The missile, which has a range of 290 km and flies at a speed of 2.8 Mach, can take on a target lying anywhere in the 360-degree range of the ship. It is capable of carrying conventional warheads up to 200 -300 kg.
Source : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/India-launches-Brahmos-cruise-missile/articleshow/5710243.cms
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