Indian Cruise Missile Tested Successfully

World | February 12, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00

India has successfully conducted the first naval launch of its short-range Brahmos cruise missile. The supersonic missile, with a range of 280 kilometres (174 miles), was fired from a ship in the Bay of Bengal off the eastern state of Orissa. It was the latest in a series of tests of Indian missiles that have drawn international criticism. It also comes at a time of heightened tension, with both India and Pakistan recently expelling senior diplomats in a row over the funding of Kashmiri separatists. Pakistan immediately condemned the test.

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