BHUBANESHWAR (India), Nov 23: 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 range missile which will arm Indian warships and submarines, has been tested five times since its development by Indian and Russian experts in 2001.

India, which put the BrahMos on display at its Jan 26 Republic Day military parade, says an unspecified number of countries are interested in buying the cruise missile, which carries a conventional warhead.—AFP