NEW DELHI, (Sputnik) - During the latest three tests, the missile was fired from a land-based launcher.
This time, the supersonic cruise missile successfully hit a target near the Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
A result of a joint venture between India and Russia in the 1990s, the BrahMos missile system has become a cornerstone of India’s defense strategy alongside the Shaurya missile. The missile's name is a portmanteau of key Indian and Russian rivers — the Brahmaputra and the Moskva.