NEW DELHI – India said the world’s fastest cruise missile passed anotherkey test on Wednesday when it successfully hit a land target after beingfired from a fighter jet.
India is developing the supersonic BrahMos missile – which has a top speedof 3,450 kilometres per hour – with Russia, and according to media reportswants to soon start selling it abroad.
The missile is one-and-a-half times faster than the old Concorde supersonicjet.
The Indian Defence Ministry said a specially converted Su-30 MKI fighterjet successfully fired the 2.5-tonne missile, which had a range of about300 kilometres.
“The launch from the aircraft was smooth and the missile followed thedesired trajectory before directly hitting the land target,” a ministrystatement said.
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It did not say where the test was staged or give other details apart fromsaying “very complex” mechanical, electrical and software modificationswere made to the Russian-origin fighter jet.
The first test on a sea target was staged in November 2017.
