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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]
[2] [3] Other details, including production cost and physical dimensions of the missile, are yet to be published. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 1 ] The planned operational range of the BrahMos-II had initially been restricted to 290 kilometres as Russia is a signatory to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which prohibits it from helping other ...
The under development missile was first mentioned in the 2023 Year End Review of the Ministry of Defence, and was named Long Range – Anti Ship Missile (LRAShM). [22] In 2024, it was reported that the LRAShM and its land-based variant would form a part of the proposed Integrated Rocket Force along with Pralay, BrahMos, Nirbhay and Pinaka MBRL.
BrahMos: Brahmos-A: Cruise AShM: INS with satellite guidance Active radar homing: 400 km (250 mi) Mach 3 Conventional or Nuclear: 2019 In service Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) Long-range ASM: Inertial navigation system Acoustic homing: 643 km (400 mi) Conventional 50 kg TBD In development [37] Long Range – Anti Ship ...
The Department of Defence Production of the Ministry of Defence is responsible for the indigenous production of equipment used by the Indian Navy and the other armed forces. It comprises the 41 Indian Ordnance Factories under control of the Ordnance Factories Board and eight Defence PSUs: HAL , BEL , BEML , BDL , MDL , GSL , GRSE and Midhani .
Founder CEO Sivathanu Pillai introducing a model missile to 13th Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh at BrahMos Complex in New Delhi. BrahMos Aerospace stall at Defexpo 2016 in New Delhi . After the Gulf War of the 1990s, there was a feeling that it was necessary to have a cruise missile system in India.
Launched as a joint venture between India's DRDO and the Russian NPO, the BrahMos programme aims at creating a range of missile systems derived from the Yakhont missile system. Named the "BrahMos" after the Brahmaputra and the Moskva rivers, the project has been highly successful.
The missile battery was initially intended to be eight 3M80E Moskit cruise missiles as evidenced by large blast deflectors present on the lead ship, INS Delhi. A single AK-100 gun guided by MR-184/MR-145 fire-control system (NATO: Kite Screech), which comprises T-91E radar and Kondensor electro-optical sights, was originally fitted to the ships.