NEW DELHI, March 29 (Xinhua) -- India Sunday successfully test fired a new version of its supersonic surface-to-surface cruise missile BrahMos at Pokhran in the deserts of the western Indian state of Rajasthan, a senior Indian Defense Ministry official said.

    "The Block II version of BrahMos missile, which has a striking range of 290 km, successfully made to its target in exactly two-and-a-half minutes after its was launched in Pokhran at around 11:00 a.m. (0530 GMT)," the official said, on condition of anonymity.

    "The missile has been developed for the Indian Army," he said, adding that this has been the third time that the Block II version of the missile has been testfired successfully by India.