India successfully tried the supersonic cruise missile

BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully launched yesterday from an Indian base.

The missile was launched to test from a defense base in the state of Orissa, eastern India. BrahMos is jointly produced by India and Russia. It is capable of carrying the number of conventional warheads with a volume of up to 200-300 kg. The range of the rocket is 290 km.

BrahMos cruise missile model, Russian-Indian technology cooperation product, at Bengaluru space exhibition in Bangalore, India on August 25. (Photo: AP).

India's Despardes news agency quoted defense officials as saying BrahMos could be used to attack specific, specific targets, such as terrorist training camps.

BrahMos is named after the Brahmaputra River of India and Russia's Moscow River. It was first tested in 2004. Since then, BrahMos has been continuously tested to improve its ability to target.

Elsewhere, China also successfully launched the SinoSat-6 television satellite with Truong Chinh 3B missiles. SinoSat-6 will replace SinoSat-3, launched in June 2007. This new satellite will improve the quality of broadcasting services in remote and mountainous areas of China.