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India Test-Fires Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile From Warship
India on Wednesday test-fired for a sixth time the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, which it has developed jointly with Russia, defence officials said. "The BrahMos missile was launched at 11.18 am (0548 GMT) from the Indian destroyer INS Rajput off the Bay of Bengal and it successfully hit a target at sea," said the defence official. India last fired its BrahMos, 280-kilometre (about 175-mile) range missile in November last year. It will arm Indian warships and submarines, and has been tested six times since its development by Indian and Russian experts in BrahMos was on display at the January 26 Republic Day military parade, and an unspecified number of countries are said to be interested in buying the cruise missile, which carries a conventional warhead. India has developed an array of ballistic missiles in its goal to achieve military self-reliance and eventually become a major player in the global arms bazaar. All rights reserved. � 2004 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Germany To Spend Up Big On Missile Air-Defense System Berlin (AFP) Oct 21, 2004 Germany will spend more than a billion euros (1 billion dollars) over the next eight years on developing a ground-based missile air-defence system with the United States and Italy, an official said in an interview Thursday.
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