India’s Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on Tuesday announced the successful test-launch of an advanced version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, a naval variant jointly developed by Russia and India. The missile was launched from India’s new stealth-guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam on Tuesday, the DRDO said on Twitter. “Advanced sea to sea variant of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile was tested from INS Visakhapatnam today. Missile hit the designated target ship precisely,” it stated. The BrahMos missile is produced by an Indo-Russian defense corporation BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture between the DRDO and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyenia which was established in 1998. It can be launched against both land and sea targets. At the inauguration of the Brahmos missile last year, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the missile was named after the Brahmaputra River in India and the Moskva River in Russia, which symbolizes the two countries’ partnership. “BrahMos …