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BHUBANESHWAR (India): India on Sunday test-fired for a fifth time the BrahMos cruise missile it has developed jointly with Russia, officials said.

The supersonic missile was launched from a warship and it successfully hit a target at sea, defence officials said in Bhubaneshwar off the Bay of Bengal where India conducts its tests.

The BrahMos, a 280-kilometre (173-mile) range missile which will arm Indian warships and submarines, has been tested five times since its development by Indian and Russian experts in 2001.

Analysts Reax

Today’s test-fire by India depicts its typical antagonistic mindset — with apparent craze vis-à-vis callous collection of arms of mass destruction — in a hysterical way.

With its millions of famished people — gazing for a loaf of bread — the New Delhi rulers are wildly engaged in futile hefty expenses, analysts say by adding that ‘such a nasty course by India will, eventually, fetch nothing except still more imbalance in arms race with sentiments of loathing by every pragmatically peace-loving nation — around the world — which wishes to see lasting amiable environs in South Asia.’