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BrahMos

BrahMos
Brahmos imds.jpg
BrahMos shown at IMDS 2007
Type Supersonic cruise missile
Place of origin India / Russia
Service history
In service November 2006
Used by Indian Army
Indian Navy
Indian Air Force
Production history
Manufacturer BrahMos Aerospace Limited
Unit cost US$ 2.73 million
Variants Ship-launched
Surface-launched
Submarine-launched
Air-launched
BrahMos-II
Specifications
Weight 3,000 kg (6,600 lb)
2,500 kg (5,500 lb) (air-launched)
Length 8.4 m (28 ft)
Diameter 0.6 m (2.0 ft)
Warhead 200 kg (440 lb) conventional semi-armour-piercing and nuclear
300 kg (660 lb) (air-launched)

Engine First stage: solid propellant booster
Second stage: liquid-fueled ramjet
Operational
range

290–300 km (180–190 mi; 160–160 nmi)

To be upgraded to 600 km (370 mi; 320 nmi)
Flight ceiling 14 km (46,000 ft)
Flight altitude Sea skimming, as low as 3–4 meters
Speed Mach 2.8–Mach 3 (3,400–3,700 km/h; 2,100–2,300 mph; 0.95–1.0 km/s)
Guidance
system
Mid-course guidance by INS
Terminal guidance by Active radar homing
GPS/GLONASS/Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System/GAGAN satellite guidance using G3OM
Accuracy 1 m
Launch
platform
Ship, submarine, aircraft (under testing) and land-based mobile launchers.

290–300 km (180–190 mi; 160–160 nmi)

The BrahMos (Hindi: ब्रह्मोस brahmos, Russian: Брамос) is a short-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It is a joint venture between the Russian Federation's NPO Mashinostroeyenia and India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) who have together formed BrahMos Aerospace. It is based on the Russian P-800 Oniks cruise missile and other similar sea-skimming Russian cruise missile technology. The name BrahMos is a portmanteau formed from the names of two rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia.

It is the world's fastest anti-ship cruise missile in operation. The missile travels at speeds of Mach 2.8 to 3.0. The land-launched and ship-launched versions are already in service, with the air and submarine-launched versions currently in the testing phase. An air-launched variant of BrahMos is planned which came out in 2012. A hypersonic version of the missile, BrahMos-II, is also presently under development with speed of Mach 7-8 to boost aerial fast strike capability. It is expected to be ready for testing by 2017.

Though India had wanted the BrahMos to be based on a mid range cruise missile like P-700 Granit. Its propulsion is based on the Russian missile, and missile guidance has been developed by BrahMos Aerospace. The missile is expected to reach a total order worth US$13 billion.


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