450-km range BrahMos missile successfully tested from Sukhoi fighter

India on Thursday successfully tested the extended range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet in the Bay of Bengal. In the test on Thursday, the Sukhoi from the “Tiger Sharks” squadron took off from the Thanjavur airbase in Tamil Nadu, underwent mid-air refuelling and then fired the missile at the “designated target” in the Bay of Bengal. “It was a direct hit,” a defence official said.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-successfully-tests-450-km-range-brahmos-missile-from-a-sukhoi-fighter/articleshow/91525694.cms
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