Indian defence scientists created a world record on Sunday by flight testing the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos off the Orissa coast. It was for the first time that a cruise missile was tested at supersonic speeds in a steep-dive mode.
The missile, which derives its name from the Brahmaputra and Moskova rivers, was developed by an Indo-Russian joint venture after the two countries signed an agreement in February 1998. The 8.4m long missile can hit a target at a distance up to 290km. The missile can travel at three times the speed of sound and carry a conventional warhead weighing 200-300 kg.
Read more: BrahMos test-fired, creates world record - The Times of India
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See, now that's a sunday well spent :-). Just makes my sundays seem so darn useless. All the more so. :-)
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