Indian Armed Forces have successfully launched anti-tank and cruise missiles, NDTV reported referring to military sources.

According to the source, the ground forces launched two Spike long-range anti-tank missiles, TASS reported.

The firing of these missiles took place last Wednesday at a firing range in Madhya Pradesh state in the presence of Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army General Bipin Rawat.

Spike is a fourth-generation Israeli-designed missile that can hit targets with great accuracy at ranges of about four km. According to media reports, India acquired a batch of such missiles this year.

As reported by the Financial Times on Friday, the Indian Navy conducted a test launch of a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile joint Russian-Indian production on Thursday. The missile was launched from a destroyer in the Arabian Sea and successfully hit the target.

BrahMos Aerospace, a joint Russian-Indian venture, was established in 1998. The company was named after the Brahmaputra and Moscow rivers. Russian enterprise is participating in the joint venture. The main project of the enterprise was the work on a supersonic cruise missile, the first launch of which took place on June 12, 2001. Currently, such missiles are in service with the Air Force, Navy and Indian Army.