- India Tests Cruise Missile Developed with Russian Help. - Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 29 Oct UTC. - India has successfully tested a supersonic cruise missile developed in cooperation with Russia.. - Defense officials say the Brahmos anti-ship missile was fired from the Chandipur testing range in the eastern Orissa state.. - The missile has a range of about 300 kilometers and can carry a 200 kilogram conventional warhead. - It travels at twice the speed of sound and can be launched from ships, submarines, aircraft and land-based platforms.. - Officials say both India and Russia plan to induct the missiles into their armed forces after sufficient tests. - This is the fourth time the missile has been tested.. - India and Russia jointly developed the Brahmos through a company their state defense organizations formed in 1998. - India has already developed a range of nuclear-capable missiles, which can hit targets in Pakistan and China.. - Western nations often criticize missile tests by nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, who have fought three wars and came close to a fourth one last year.. - But the deputy director of New Delhi's Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis, Uday Bhaskar, says both countries have the ability to handle their nuclear capabilities.. - "But I think both countries are aware of the potential of strategic capabilities, weapons of mass destruction as they are referred to. - Once India and Pakistan are able to have their confidence-building measures in place, my sense is that they should not generate that degree of anxiety.". - Defense officials also say the latest nuclear-capable missile being developed by India, known as Agni III, will be tested early next year. - The Agni III has a range of 3,000 kilometers. - The shorter range versions of the Agni have completed the testing phase and are being added to the arsenals of the Armed Forces.. - Pakistan carried out a series of missile tests earlier this month.
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