India tests supersonic cruise missile

Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) Sept 5, 2010 - India on Sunday successfully tested a surface-to-surface version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile which it has developed jointly with Russia, officials said. The missile was fired from a mobile launcher 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of Bhubaneswar, the capital of the eastern state of Orissa. "The test of surface-to-surface version of BrahMos was successful and matched all ... more