The missile is India's first indigenously developed anti-radiation missile that has speed of Mach two or twice the speed of sound.
Pakistan has rejected India's action over the March 9 accidental firing of a supersonic BrahMos missile that landed in its territory as "totally unsatisfactory, deficient and inadequate" and reiterated its demand for a joint probe into the incident.
The Brahmos supersonic cruise missile was on Thursday successfully test-fired in vertical launch configuration for the first time in Bay of Bengal.
The proposal is also important as it comes at a time when the Indian forces are working on the creation of a rocket force which has been in discussion at the highest levels in the Defence Ministry.
The missile hit a sea-based target in the Bay of Bengal from the combat jet.
India will showcase its military prowess and rich cultural heritage on Kartavya Path in New Delhi on January 26 to mark the 76th Republic Day. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will be the chief guest at the event, which will also see the participation of a marching contingent and a band contingent from Indonesia. The theme of the parade is 'Swarnim Bharat: Virasat aur Vikas', focusing on the platinum jubilee of the enactment of the Constitution. The parade will feature a number of cutting-edge defense platforms, including BrahMos, Pinaka and Akash, as well as the Army's Battle Surveillance System 'Sanjay' and DRDO's surface-to-surface tactical missile 'Pralay'.
India as a sovereign democratic republic completed 75 years of its eventful journey on Sunday, with the stage set at the Kartavya Path in New Delhi for the ceremonial parade during which the country will showcase its military prowess and rich cultural heritage.
India on Wednesday successfully test fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Navy's latest guided missile frigate INS Tarkash off the coast of Goa.
India on Wednesday successfully carried out the maiden test firing of the over 290 km-range submarine-launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in the Bay of Bengal becoming the first country in the world to have this capability.
India on Thursday approved capital acquisition of a plethora of indigenously-developed military hardware including indigenous BrahMos missiles, marine diesel engine, artillery gun system, electronic warfare suits and utility helicopters at a cost of Rs 70,584 crore as part of a mega procurement plan.
The supersonic anti-ship cruise missile was jointly developed by India and Russia.
Not just Vietnam, but other countries in the region like Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand, have also expressed an interest in acquiring the BrahMos cruise missile. Debalina Ghoshal explains the significance of the move.
The army on Mondqay successfully test-fired an advanced version of the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile which penetrated and destroyed a "hardened target" in the Pokhran firing range in Rajasthan.
After achieving the precision guidance capability from a fixed launcher in its fourth trial on October 29 last, the missile was on Sunday test-fired from a mobile launcher.
The flight tests of the 'fire and forget' anti-tank missile programme now stands completed, almost 22 years after it was first conceived, DRDO's chief controller Dr Prahlada said after witnessing the tests on Wednesday.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation has said that the extended range version of the Brahmos missile of 450 km is likely to be tested on March 10.
Pillai said the exports and induction of the missile in the armed forces would be carried out simultaneously.
The proposal for undertaking joint technical development work for extending range beyond 300-km has been executed between India and Russia, Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
The modalities for developing hypersonic missile BrahMos-II to be carried out by the Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace, are on the verge of being finalised, a top official of the company said in Tiruchurapalli.
The two sides had formed the joint venture to produce the supersonic cruise missiles in 1998 and since then, all three wings of the Indian armed forces have ordered BrahMos for their inventory but the Russian side is yet to do so.
BrahMos is unique among cruise missiles due to its 2.8 Mach supersonic speed (all other cruise missiles are sub-sonic at present) and much-longer strike range.
Preparation for the test firing of super-sonic cruise missile BrahMos, likely to be held on Sunday, reached its final stage on Saturday at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near Orissa.
The missile was test-fired from the Indian navy's destroyer 'INS Rajput' at around 11.18 am.
A smaller variant of the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is being developed for the Indian Air Force. A new version of the missile is to be fitted on the frontline aircraft of the air force including Su-30MKI, Mirage 2000 and the future inductions such as the 126 multi-role combat aircraft, BrahMos officials said on Tuesday.
"The equivalent of BrahMos is yet to built. And, in the next 20 years, it cannot be intercepted by an enemy," says A Sivathanu Pillai, scientist, and CEO and MD of BrahMos Aerospace sharing the vision for the future trajectory of growth for the iconic missile technology developed jointly by India and Russia.
After failing to hit its target in the previous test, a new version of the 290 km-range supersonic BrahMos cruise missile was on Wednesday successfully test launched at a firing range in Pokhran in Rajasthan.
Efforts were on to develop systems which could be used to launch the BrahMos cruise missiles from submarines and air platforms, a top official said on Wedsnesday.
The supersonic cruise missile was fired from a mobile launcher at 12:10pm amidst heavy rains caused by a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal, which crossed the Orissa coast around the same time.
This will make the submarines capable of attacking surface targets at sea or on land.
The first trial of the aircraft version of BrahMos will be conducted before December 2007, the head of the team developing the indegenously-built supersonic cruise missile said in Chennai Thursday.
The IAF can fire Brahmos missiles from several hundred kilometres away. The BrahMos flies supersonic, at speeds up to Mach 2.5, giving the enemy little time to react
India is almost ready with its undersea launch version of the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile and wants the navy to help in preliminary test trials by the end of the year.
The report put India's 'stored' nuclear warheads at 172 in January this year while the number for Pakistan was 170.
However, trials of the missile were awaiting the necessary platform, which will be identified by the Navy soon.
This was the 14th launch of the missile, which has a range of 290 km. It has also been tested from a naval destroyer in the past.
The defence ministry on Friday said a technical malfunction in the course of a routine maintenance led to the accidental firing of a missile on March 9.
Talking to reporters in Tiruchirapalli, Pillai said, "Now we are the leaders in supersonic missile system with the successful development of Brahmos Cruise Missiles."
The Indian troops guarding the nearly 3,500-km Line of Actual Control (LAC) maintained an assertive approach in sync with the broader national security doctrine and procured a variety of military platforms and weapons to enhance their combat capabilities.
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