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Defence Research and Development Organization, DRDO, successfully test-fired a land-attack version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile off the coast of Odisha from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur today.
The missile, with a strike range of 290km, can be fired from land as well as sea-based platforms.
Defence sources said it has been fitted with increased indigenous equipment and is a version used by the Army.
On 11 March, 2017, the first extended version of the missile was successfully tested. It had a strike range of 450 kilometres.