India First To Build a Supersonic Cruise Missile

Posted by timothy on Sunday March 21, 2010 @08:34AM 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."

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Super-sonic by SmallFurryCreature · 2010-03-21 08:51 · Score: 0, Troll

Not ones that go faster then the speed of sound. It ain't all that hard, it is in the bloody title.
But don't worry. The US still leads in idiots I see.

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"in its inventory" by pem · 2010-03-21 08:53 · Score: 0, Troll

Gosh, I sure hope they don't have to use it...
India, the Barney Fife of nations.
Re:Really!? by oldhack · 2010-03-21 09:23 · Score: 0, Troll

Hehehe, the Ruskies stuck one into them Indians.

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