BrahMosSupersonicCruiseMissile,IndiaKeyDataMissileTypeSupersoniccruisemissileManufacturerBrahMosAerospaceOperatorsIndianArmy;IndianNavyUnitCost$2.73mEntryintoService2006Length8.4mDiameter0.6mBrahMossupersoniccruisemissiledisplayedatIMDS-2007.BrahMosisasupersoniccruisemissilebeingdevelopedbyBrahMosAerospace,ajointventurebetweenDefenceResearchandDevelopmentOrganisation(DRDO)ofIndiaandNPOMashinostroeyenia(NPOM)ofRussia.Themissilecanbelaunchedagainstshipsandland-basedtargets.Themissileisnamedaftertworivers,theBrahmaputrainIndiaandtheMoskvainRussia.BrahMoshasaflightrangeofupto290kmandcanreachamaximumspeedofMach3.Theairlaunchedversionofthemissileisunderdevelopmentasof2013."BrahMoshasaflightrangeofupto290kmandcanreachamaximumspeedofMach3."AdvancedsatellitenavigationsystemsfromRussia'sKh-555andKh-101strategiclong-rangecruisemissiles,andGPS-GLONASStechnologywereaddedtotheexistingdoppler-inertialplatformsofBrahMosmissilesin2013.Themissilecanbeinstalledonships,submarines,aircraftandgroundvehicles.BrahMosmissilesareinductedintothearmedforcesofIndiaandRussiaandcanalsobeexportedtofriendlynations.The'FireandForget'typemissileweights3tandinterceptssurfacetargetsatanaltitudeof10mupto14,000m.InFebruary2011,theIndianArmyplaceda$4bnorderwithBrahMosAerospaceforBrahMosmissiles.Deliveriesareexpectedtoconcludeby2016.ThetotalvalueofordersplacedbytheIndianNavyandIndianAirForceforBrahMosmissileswasapproximately$9bnasofMarch2013.BrahMoscruisemissiledevelopmentBrahMosistheworld'sfastestsupersoniccruisemissile,developedbyBrahMosAerospace.InFebruary1998,IndiaandRussiasignedaninter-governmentalagreementtoestablishBrahMosAerospaceforproducingtheBrahMosmissiles.ThefirstBrahMosmissilewastestfiredfromtheintegratedtestrangeatChandipurinOrissaCoastinJune2001.Sincethen,themissilehasbeensuccessfullytestedfromavarietyofplatforms,includingland-basedplatformsandwarships.In2008,BrahMosAerospaceacquiredIndianstate-ownedfirmKeltectomanufactureandintegrateBrahMoscomponentsandmissilesystems.ThiswasnecessarytomeettheincreasedordersreceivedfromtheIndianArmyandNavy.AhypersonicversionoftheBrahMos,withaspeedofMach7,isalsounderdevelopment.Itisexpectedtobereadyfortestingby2017.BrahMosdesignandfeaturesBrahMosisderivedfromtheRussianmadeP-800Oniks/Yakhontsupersonicanti-shipcruisemissile.TheBrahMospropulsionisbasedontheOniks,whiletheguidancesystemwasdevelopedbyBrahMosAerospace.RelatedprojectPinakaMultibarrelRocketLaunch(MBRL)System,IndiaPinakaisamultibarrelrocketlaunch(MBRL)systemusedbytheIndianArmy.Themissilecanbeconfiguredforland,seaandaerialplatforms.Anaircraft-launchedvariant(BrahMosA)iscurrentlybeingconfiguredfortheSukhoiSU-30MKIaircraftoftheIndianAirForce(IAF).Itfeaturesasmallerboosterandadditionaltailfinsforgreaterstabilityduringlaunch.AmodeloftheBrahMosmissileautonomousgroundlaunchershownatMAKS-2009.Theshipandland-basedBrahMosmissilescancarryaconventionalsemi-armour-piercingwarheadof200kg,whiletheaerialvariantcancarrya300kgwarhead.Thesemissilescaninterceptsurfacetargetsaslowas10minaltitude.Thehighspeedversionofthemissileprovidesbettertarget-penetrationcapabilitiesthantheTomahawkcruisemissile.BrahMosistwoheavierandtravelsaboutfourfasterthantheTomahawk.Theinitialkineticenergydeliveredisabout32thatoftheTomahawkmissile.BrahMosblock-I,block-IIandblock-IIITheland-basedBrahMosblock-IwassuccessfullytestfiredtwiceinDecember2004a...