*New Delhi: *The Indian Navy on Tuesday test-fired the anti-ship version ofthe BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Andaman and Nicobar Islandsterritory. According to news agency ANI, the test was conducted as part ofthe trials being conducted by the Indian Navy.

A land-attack version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was alsosuccessfully test-fired from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territoryearlier this week.

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“The test was conducted by the Indian Army which has many regiments of theDefence Research and Development Organisation-developed Missile system.

The strike range of BrahMos missile has now been enhanced to over 400 km,”sources told ANI.

During the test held today around 0925 hours, the DRDO-developed BrahMossupersonic cruise missile with a strike range of 300 Km was launched fromIndian Navy’s INS Ranvijay.