India test-fires Brahmos missile off Odisha coast

Bhubaneswar, Dec 17 (IANS) India on Tuesday successfully test-fired supersonic cruise missile BrahMos off the Odisha coast.The land-attack version of the missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher at Launch Complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Balasore in the morning, said defence sources.The sources said that the trial of the surface-to-surface missile was successful as it hit the given target.The fastest supersonic cruise missile is capable of being launched from submarines, ships, fighter jets or land, the sources added.BrahMos is a joint venture between the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) of Russia.
--IANS cd/sdr/kr