Best Of India : BRAHMOS MISSILE

 

       BrahMos is a fastest supersonic cruise missile in the world that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It is a joint venture between Republic of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO-Bangalore) 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 missile travels at speeds of Mach 2.8 to 3.0.It is about three-and-a-half times faster than the USA's subsonic Harpoon cruise missile.

      An Air launched variant is also planned which is expected to come out in 2012 and will make India the only country with supersonic missiles in all the defence forces. A hypersonic version of the missile is also presently under development (Lab Tested with 5.26 Mach Speed).

Variants

• Ship launched, Anti-Ship variant (operational)
• Ship launched, Land attack variant (operational)
• Land launched, Land attack variant (operational)
• Land launched, Anti-Ship variant (In induction, tested December 10, 2010)
• Air launched, Anti-Ship variant (under development, expected completion 2012)
• Air launched, Land attack variant (under development, expected completion 2012) 
• Submarine launched, Anti-Ship variant (under development, expected completion 2011)
• Submarine launched, Land attack variant (under development, expected completion 2011)
• BrahMos II land variant (Design completed, 4 variants ready to test on Febraury month)

Hypersonic Cruise Missile

BrahMos II

BrahMos II is a hypersonic cruise missile that has been lab tested with a speed of Mach 5.26 that will make it the fastest cruise missile in the world beating Brahmos 1.BrahMos II land variant design has been completed and 4 Land to Land test variants are ready to be tested. The rest variants testing will be completed in the successive years of 2012-13 and design must by completed within October 2011 and will arm the Project 15B destroyers of the Indian Navy.