Telangana CM assures support to BrahMos Aerospace for its expansion
BRAHMOS
Supersonic Cruise Missile
BRAHMOS is a two-stage missile with a solid propellant booster engine as its first stage which brings it to supersonic speed and then gets separated. The liquid ramjet or the second stage then takes the missile closer to 2.8 Mach speed in cruise phase. Stealth technology and guidance system with advanced embedded software provides the missile with special features.
The missile has flight range of up to 290 km with supersonic speed all through the flight, leading to shorter flight time, consequently ensuring lower dispersion of targets, quicker engagement time and non-interception by any known weapon system in the world.
BRAHMOS operates on ‘Fire and Forget' principle, adopting varieties of flight paths on its way to the target. The missile's destructive power is enhanced due to the large kinetic energy on impact. Its cruising altitude could be up to 15 km and terminal altitude is as low as 5 meters. BRAHMOS carries a conventional warhead upto 200 kgs.
Compared to existing state-of-the-art subsonic cruise missiles, BRAHMOS has:
- 3 times more velocity
- 2.5 to 3 times more flight range
- 3 to 4 times more seeker range
- 9 times more kinetic energy
The missile has identical configuration for land, sea and sub-sea platforms and uses a Transport Launch Canister (TLC) for transportation, storage and launch. The canister for the missile serves the dual purpose of a container (to store & transport the missile) and also that of a launching tube.
BRAHMOS has carved its global footprint by becoming India’s first full-scale weapon to receive a historic export contract from the Republic of the Philippines for the procurement of shore-based anti-ship missile system.
Special
Features
- Land-Attack / Anti-Ship Capabilities
- Fire and Forget Principle of Operations
- Large Engagement Envelop
- Transport-cum-Launch Canister
- Minimum Deployment Time
- High Rate Salvo
- Network-Centric Architechture
- Maximum Shelf Life
- Comprehensive Lifetime Maintenance Support
- Lowest Life Cycle Cost
- High Lethality with Greater Effectiveness
Weapon Configurations
- Ship-based Weapon System (Inclined & Vertical Configuration)
- Land-based Weapon System (Vertical Launch Configuration from Mobile Autonomous Launcher)
- Air Launched Weapon System (Integrated on Su-30MKI fighter aircraft)