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India First To Build a Supersonic Cruise Missile

Posted by timothy on from the please-don't-lose-the-key dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt: "India successfully tested Sunday a 'maneuverable' version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile which it has jointly developed with Russia, news reports said. The vertical-launch version of the 290-kilometer range BrahMos was tested from a warship in the Bay of Bengal off India's eastern coast, the PTI news agency reported. 'The vertical-launch version of missile was launched at 11:30 (0600 GMT) hours today from Indian Navy ship INS Ranvir and it manoeuvred successfully hitting the target ship. It was a perfect hit and a perfect mission,' BrahMos aerospace chief A Sivathanu Pillai was quoted as saying. 'After today's test, India has become the first and only country in the world to have a manoeuvrable supersonic cruise missile in its inventory,' Pillai said."

2 of 319 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Really? by Mike+Rice · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So my question is 'Redundant'?

    How can it be redundant... there is no prior discussion?

  2. Re:Huh? by Mike+Rice · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Mod parent up. Ballistic and Cruise are two different animals.