India successfully test-fires 'BrahMos' supersonic cruise missile from INS Chennai

In a first, India on October 18 successfully flight-tested supersonic cruise missile #BrahMos from the Navy's indigenously-built stealth destroyer #INSChennai. Defence sources said the missile, fired at about 10.30 am, hit the battle practice target in the Arabian sea with pinpoint accuracy after performing high-level and extremely complex manoeuvres.