BrahMos breaks fifth nation syndrome: Dr. Kalam
Brahmand.com (June 14, 2011) Print This News
NEW DELHI: BrahMos has broken the fifth nation syndrome, said former President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on Sunday, while addressing the conference on “Joint Ventures and Technology collaboration in Defence – towards realising world class systems” at BrahMos Headquarters, New Delhi.
Dr. Kalam congratulated the entire BrahMos team both Indian and Russian including the consortium of industries, R&D labs of India and Russia and Indian academic institutions for their significant contribution in design, development, production leading to induction of missile systems into all the three services of Indian Defence.
"By giving the supersonic cruise missile which is first of its kind in the world, nation is proud of the entire BrahMos team. BrahMos team (Russian and Indian) have successfully broken the fifth nation syndrome. I congratulate all the BrahMos teams and their partners," he said.
BrahMos Aerospace on 12th June, 2011 celebrated the 10th anniversary of its first supersonic launch. The first successful launch of BRAHMOS cruise missile has taken place on June 12, 2001.
"BrahMos is built upon the technological synergy of strengths of the two nations - India and Russia. Moreover, the superiority of the product such as Speed, Precision and Power has ensured the realization of this high-tech product and attracted the users to go for induction of the system in the shortest possible time"
