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The BrahMos cruise missile which is a joint venture between India and Russia, is the fastest cruise missile in the world with a top speed of Mach 2. 8-3.
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BrahMos and cruise
India and Russia have jointly developed the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos.
*** The military versions vary from 4x4 troop or cargo carrier to 12x12 BrahMos supersonic cruise missile carrier ( used by India ).
BrahMos ( Hindi: ब ् रह ् म ो स, ) is a stealth supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land.
Though India had wanted the BrahMos to be based on a mid range cruise missile like P-700 Granit, Russia opted for the shorter range sister of the missile, P-800 Oniks, in order to comply with Missile Technology Control Regime restrictions, to which Russia is a signatory.
BrahMos is the world's fastest cruise missile.
The BrahMos cruise missile was successfully test fired by an Indian Army unit on Sunday, 4 March 2012 at the Pokharan range in Jaisalmer to operationalise the second regiment of the weapon system in the Indian Army.
India and Russia intend to make 2, 000 BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles over the next ten years through their joint venture company, and nearly 50 % of them are expected to be exported to friendly countries.
On January 20, 2009, a test of a new BrahMos block II cruise Missile at Pokhran in Rajasthan was conducted with new software.
BrahMos is the only supersonic cruise missile possessing advanced capability of selection of a particular land target amongst a group of targets, providing an edge to the user with precise hit.
Each of the two new BrahMos cruise missile regiments would have between four and six batteries of three to four Mobile Autonomous Launchers
An upgraded version of 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired by India on 2 December 2010 from Integrated Test Range ( ITR ) at Chandipur off the Orissa coast.
BrahMos, the India-Russia joint-venture, has developed an anti-aircraft carrier variant of the supersonic cruise missile and successfully tested it recently.
January 10, 2009 it was reported that two Indian Air Force ( IAF ) Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets have been sent to Russia for a retrofit program that would enable them to launch the aerial version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.
" He also said the final development and testing of the air-launched version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile will take place soon.
After testing, the IAF would be the launch customers for the air launched BrahMos cruise missile.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, an aerospace engineer and former President of India, asked the BrahMos Aerospace to develop an advanced version of the BrahMos cruise missile to maintain India's lead in the field.
* Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos inducted into Indian defense forces-Govt.
BrahMos and missile
The P-700 was in turn developed into the P-800 Oniks, which uses ramjet propulsion, and the BrahMos missile, a joint-Indian / Russian modernization of the P-800.
Its propulsion is based on the Russian missile, and guidance has been developed by BrahMos Corp.
Air-breathing ramjet propulsion is much more fuel-efficient than rocket propulsion, giving the BrahMos a longer range than a pure rocket-powered missile would achieve.
Being twice as heavy and almost four times faster than the Tomahawk, the BrahMos has almost 9 times the initial kinetic energy of a Tomahawk missile ( although it pays for this by having only 3 / 5 the payload and a fraction of the range despite weighing twice as much, suggesting a different tactical paradigm to achieve the objective ).
Although BrahMos was primarily an anti-ship missile, the Brahmos Block III can also engage land based targets.
The BrahMos missile has an identical configuration for land, sea, and sub-sea platforms.
In addition, India's 5 Il-38 and 8 Tupolev Tu-142 maritime patrol bombers are also to be armed with the missile, with an estimated capacity of 6 BrahMos per aircraft.
Now two separate missile regiments of the BrahMos Mark II, which has a seeker that can discriminate and zero in on a small target in an urban clutter, will be raised and are likely to be numbered 862 and 863.
Sharing the information, BrahMos Chief A. Sivathanu Pillai said here that with this the organisation achieved the capability to attack aircraft carriers using the supersonic vertical dive variant of the missile that could travel up to 290 km.
BrahMos and which
The INS Rajput, INS Ranvir ( D54 ) and INS Ranvijay ( D55 ) which are modified versions of Soviet Kashin class destroyers have been fitted with BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile systems.
According to unspecified sources the BrahMos could be fitted to the updated Gorshkov class of frigates which will be entering the Russian navy soon.
BrahMos and is
It is a joint venture between Republic of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO ) and Russian Federation's NPO Mashinostroeyenia who have together formed BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.
The name BrahMos is a portmanteau formed from the names of two rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia.
The BrahMos is currently being configured for aerial deployment with the Su-30MKI as its carrier.
With this test, the second BrahMos unit of the Indian Army is now operational.
India is now the only nation in the world with this advanced technology " After the third test, Lt Gen Noble Thamburaj, said that the Indian Army wanted the BrahMos to achieve high standards of accuracy and congratulated the scientists on behalf of the Indian Army.
BrahMos is capable of being launched from multiple platforms like submarine, ship, aircraft and land based Mobile Autonomous Launchers ( MAL ).
An expert committee from the DRDO and the Indian Air Force ( IAF ) has ruled out any structural modification to the advanced Su-30MKI if it is to be fitted with the supersonic BrahMos.
BrahMos and joint
The BrahMos has been developed as a joint venture between the Defence Research and Development Organization ( DRDO ) of India and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise NPO Mashinostroyenia ( NPOM ) of Russia under BrahMos Aerospace.
BrahMos and India
* BrahMos ( India / Russia )
* BrahMos II Hypersonic Missile ( India / Russia )
* BrahMos specification – At India Defence
BrahMos and world
On September 5, 2010, Defence scientists test fired BrahMos off the Orissa coast and created a world record.
BrahMos and with
INS Tabar and INS Trishul are Talwar class vessels armed with supersonic BrahMos while INS Shivalik was the first vessel of the Shivalik class to incorporate the BrahMos.
Other vessels of the Shivalik Class and Talwar Class are to be armed with BrahMos missiles by 2009 and 2010 respectively.
In 2007, the navy promised to arm the Godavari class frigates and Brahmaputra class frigates with the BrahMos too.
The new class of destroyers namely Kolkata Class are also to be fitted with the BrahMos and there are plans to arm the rest of the vessels of the Rajput Class with BrahMos too.
" Block III version of BrahMos with advanced guidance and upgraded software, incorporating high manoeuvres at multiple points and steep dive from high altitude was flight tested successfully from Launch Complex III of ITR ," its Director S P Dash said after the test fire from a mobile launcher at 1100 hours.
In Russian navy project 21956 Destroyers are most likely to be equipped with BrahMos II.
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