India successfully test-fires BrahMos missile

Posted on Feb 14 2015 - 5:03pm by IBC News

New Delhi, Feb 14 India today successfully test-fired its 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Navy’s newest destroyer INS Kolkata.

The launch off the Goa coast was “flawless” and the missile met all its designed parameters.

INS Kolkata, which was commissioned by the Indian Navy on August 16, 2014, has the capability of firing the highest number of BrahMos missiles.