BrahMos Missiles Range Extended For the Indian Navy

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The Cabinet Committee on Security has cleared Indian Navy’s proposals to buy 220 BrahMos extended-range missiles for its warships worth around Rs 20,000 crore.

BrahMos Missile

  • The extended-range BrahMos is speculated to have an extended range of around 800 km.

About BrahMos Missile

  • The term “BrahMos” is created by combining the names of two rivers: the Brahmaputra in India and the Moskva in Russia.
  • BrahMos Aerospace is a collaborative effort between India and Russia.
  • BRAHMOS is a Two-Stage Missile.
    • First Stage: Solid-Propelent booster Engine
    • Second Stage: Liquid Ramjet
  • Speed: Up to 3 Mach speed in cruise phase. 
  • BrahMos Missile Range: The missile can travel up to 290 kilometres at supersonic speeds throughout its flight.
  • Altitude: 
    • Cruising up to 15 km and 
    • Terminal altitude is as low as 10 meters.
  • Warhead Capacity: It carries a conventional warhead weighing 200 to 300 kgs.
  • The missile has an identical configuration for land, sea and sub-sea platforms and uses a Transport Launch Canister (TLC) for transportation, and storage.
  • Stealth technology and guidance system with advanced embedded software provide the missile with special features.

Special Features

  • Universal for multiple platforms.
  • “Fire and Forget principle of operation.
  • High supersonic speed all through the flight.
  • Long flight range with varieties of flight trajectories.
  • Low radar signature.
  • Shorter flight times leading to lower target dispersion and quicker engagement.
  • Pinpoint accuracy with high lethal power aided by large kinetic energy on impact.
Also Read: List Of Indian Missiles

News Source: The Hindu

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