India Test-Fires BrahMos Extended-Range Missile From Sukhoi Fighter Jet

The range of the advanced version of the missile is learnt to have been extended to around 350 km from the original 290 km.

An extended range version of the BrahMos supersonic missile was successfully test fired from a Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft today.

"The launch from the aircraft was as planned and the missile achieved a direct hit on the designated target in the Bay of Bengal region," the defence ministry said in a statement.

BrahMos missile flies at a speed of 2.8 Mach or almost three times the speed of sound.

The range of the advanced version of the missile is learnt to have been extended to around 350 km from the original 290 km.