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India test-fires air-launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

 In a display of its growing combat prowess, the Indian Air Force successfully test-fired an air-launched version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi fighter aircraft in the Bay of Bengal, according to sources on Friday. The missile hit a sinking ship with deadly accuracy and the test-firing produced desired results, they added.

The missile was fired after the Su-30 MKI aircraft travelled for over three hours covering a “significantly long-distance”