DRDO test-fires BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

Defence Research and Development Organization, DRDO, successfully test-fired a land-attack version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile off the coast of Odisha from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur on Monday.

The missile, with a strike range of 290 km, can be fired from land as well as sea-based



platforms.

Defence sources said it has been fitted with increased indigenous equipment and is a version used by the Army.

On 11 March, 2017, the first extended version of the missile was successfully tested. It had a strike range of 450 kilometres.