Source: Xinhua

03-30-2009 11:42

Special Report:   Tech Max

NEW DELHI, March 30 (Xinhua) -- India Sunday successfully test fired a new version of its supersonic surface-to-surface cruise missile BrahMos at Pokhran in the deserts of the western Indian state of Rajasthan, a senior Indian Defense Ministry official said.

India successfully test fired a new version of its supersonic surface-to-surface cruise missile BrahMos at Pokhran in the deserts of the western Indian state of Rajasthan, March 29,2009.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)
India successfully test fired a new version of its 
supersonic surface-to-surface cruise missile BrahMos
at Pokhran in the deserts of the western Indian state
of Rajasthan, March 29,2009.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)

"The Block II version of BrahMos missile, which has a striking range of 290 km, successfully made to its target in exactly two-and-a-half minutes after its was launched in Pokhran at around 11:00 a.m. (0530 GMT)," the official said, on condition of anonymity.

 

Editor:Liu Fang