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The BrahMos (also designated as PJ-10) [14] is a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, fighter aircraft or TEL. [15] It is a joint venture between the Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Russian Federation's NPO Mashinostroyeniya, who together have formed BrahMos Aerospace. [16]
The BrahMos-II is expected to have a range of 1,500 kilometres (930 mi; 810 nmi) [1] and a speed of Mach 8. During the cruise stage of flight, the missile will be propelled by a scramjet airbreathing jet engine. [2] [3] Other details, including production cost and physical dimensions of the missile, are yet to be published. [4] [5] [1]
The missile has the NATO codename SS-N-26 "Strobile". Development commenced in 1983, [6] and in the 1990s the anti-ship missile was tested on the Project 1234.7 ship. In 2002 the missile passed the whole range of trials and was commissioned. [7] It is reportedly a replacement for the P-270 Moskit, and possibly also of the P-700 Granit.
The Indian Army's BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles mounted on Mobile Autonomous Launchers (MAL) India and Russia have jointly developed the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos. There are three versions of the Brahmos: ship/land-launched, air-launched, and sub-launched. The ship/land-launched version was operational as of late 2007.
Chinese Defence Today - SY-1 Ship-to-Ship Missile. SY-1A – Improved SY-1 missile with mono-pulse terminal guidance radar; SY-2 (CSS-N-5 Sabot) – Also known as Fei Long 2, radar-guided ship-to-ship missile produced in the 1990s as replacement for the SY-1. Similar to SY-1 in size, the SY-2 can be launched from existing SY-1 launchers.
1.2 Mt Inactive 1961 No Silo 30 Minuteman II: US Boeing 10,200 km 33,000 kg 1.2 Mt Inactive 1965 No Silo 31 LGM-118 Peacekeeper: US Boeing, Martin Marietta, TRW, 14,000 km 96,750 kg 10x 300 kt Inactive 1983 Yes Silo 120 m 32 Midgetman: US Martin Marietta: 11,000 km 13,600 kg 475 kt Inactive 1992 No Small ICBM Hard Mobile Launcher [5] 90 m 33 ...
The CEO of the joint Indo-Russian BrahMos programme, Atul Rane, stated in 2022 that a future BrahMos-II missile for India will likely have similar characteristics to the Zircon. [75] [76] According to a report published on 1 April 2023, India has requested Russia to transfer the technology of 3M22. [77] [78]
Cost ₹ 9,805 crore (US$1.2 billion) for six ships ... Ships in this class will be armed with Anti-ship missile or Land-attack missile like BrahMos.