India test fires supersonic cruise missile

India successfully test-fired supersonic surface-to-surface cruise missile "Brahmos" from the Chandipur testing range in eastern state of Odisha, Wednesday, said an official press release issued by Government of India. The test-firing of the missile was part of a user trial by the Indian Army. Having a flight range of up to 290 km, the missile is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 200-300 kg. The two-stage missile, the first one being solid and the second ramjet liquid propellant, has already been inducted into the country's Army and Navy. The air launch version and the submarine launch version of the missile system are in progress, said the release. The Indian Army has so far placed orders for the Brahmos missile to be deployed by its three regiments, and two of them have already been inducted operationally.