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2020-11-15
India Successfully Tests Upgraded BrahMos Cruise Missile
India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested on September 30 the BrahMos surface-to-surface cruise missile, which is capable of hitting targets at more than 400-km range.
The missile, upgraded with an indigenous booster and airframe section along with other ‘Make in India’ sub-systems, blasted off from the launching complex-III of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Balasore. The test was carried out under PJ-10 project of the DRDO.
While the original range was 290 km, the range of the new land attack version of the missile has been extended to 400 km. Its speed has been maintained at Mach 2.8 which is nearly three times the speed of sound.
The successful launch of the missile has paved the way for the serial production of the indigenous booster and other indigenous components of the BrahMos weapons system.
In May last year, the Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully test fired the aerial version of the BrahMos missile from a Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft.
The BrahMos missile provides the IAF a strong capability to strike from large stand-off ranges on any target at sea or land with pinpoint accuracy, day or night and in all weather conditions.
The IAF is integrating the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile with over 40 Sukhoi fighter jets to bolster the overall combat capability.
BrahMos is powered by a two-stage propulsion system. The initial acceleration is done by a solid-propellant booster and supersonic cruise speed is provided by a liquid-fuelled ramjet system.
Fastest Anti-ship Cruise Missile
BrahMos is the world’s fastest anti-ship cruise missiles in operation. The missile is named after two rivers, the Brahmaputra in India and the Moskva in Russia.
BrahMos Aerospace, an India-Russian joint venture, produces the supersonic cruise missile. The land-launched and ship-launched versions are already in service. An air-launched variant of BrahMos appeared in 2012 and entered service in 2019. A hypersonic version of the missile, BrahMos-II, is also presently under development with a speed of Mach 7-8, and is expected to be tested this year.
The ‘Fire and Forget’ type missile weighs around 3t and intercepts surface targets at an altitude of 3m up to 14,000m.
The ship and land-based BrahMos missiles can carry a conventional semi-armour-piercing warhead of 200kg, while the aerial variant can carry a 300kg warhead.
The supersonic BrahMos is one of the prime precision-strike missiles used by all three Indian forces, the Army, Navy and the Air Force.
BrahMos can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or from land platforms.
The ship-based BrahMos is launched either from the inclined or vertical platform. The missile system can be installed on frigates, corvettes, offshore patrol vessels and other types of vessels to attack sea and land-based targets.
Aircraft-launched variant (BrahMos A) is configured for the Sukhoi SU-30MKI aircraft of the IAF. It features a smaller booster and additional tail fins for greater stability during launch.
The submarine-launched BrahMos missile was successfully test fired in 2013. India is the first country in the world to own a submarine-launched supersonic cruise missile. In 2016, India became a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). India and Russia are now planning to jointly develop a new generation of BrahMos missiles with 600 km-plus range and an ability to hit protected targets with pinpoint accuracy. The upgrade will be applied to all existing BrahMos missiles.
Reference : Image: Brian Burnell,MOD India
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