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India Can't Sell Anti-American Missile

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India Can't Sell Anti-American Missile

November 25, 2008: Earlier this year, India ordered 800 more of the new PJ-10 BrahMos missiles. Attempts to find export customers, however, have not succeeded. India believes this is because they have not previously been a major arms exporter, and have not developed the skills and techniques to sell high-tech weapons. Another reason, which the Indian arms salesmen don't like to dwell on, is that BrahMos was originally designed to go after heavily defended American aircraft carriers. Few countries see attacking the U.S. Navy as a promising military strategy. That, and the high price of the BrahMos probably accounts for most of the sales resistance.

The 3.2 ton BrahMos has a range of 300 kilometers and a 660 pound warhead. Perhaps the most striking characteristic is its high speed, literally faster (at up to 3,000 feet per second) than a rifle bullet. Guidance is GPS or inertial to reach the general area of the target (usually a ship or other small target), then radar that will identify the specific target and hit it. The warhead weighs 660 pounds, and the high speed at impact causes additional damage (because of the weight of the entire missile.) India and Russia developed the weapon together, and the high price of each missile, about $2.3 million, reflects the expense of building a very fast, and accurate, weapon. It also restricts the number of countries that can afford it.

The weapon entered service with the Indian navy in 2005. Different versions of the PJ-10 can be fired from aircraft, ships, ground launchers or submarines. The maximum speed of 3,000 kilometers an hour makes it harder to intercept, and means it takes five minutes or less to reach its target. The air launched version weighs 2.5 tons, the others, three tons or more.

The 29 foot long, 670mm diameter missile is an upgraded version of the Russian SS-NX-26 (Yakhont) missile, which was in development when the Cold War ended in 1991. Lacking money to finish development and begin production, the Russian manufacturer made a deal with India to finish the job. India put up most of the $240 million needed to finally complete two decades of development. The PJ-10 is also being built in Russia. There were initial hopes that Russia and India could export up to 2,000. China and Iran have expressed interest in the weapon, but only Malaysia, Chile, South Africa, Kuwait and the UAE (United Arab Emirates) have been approached with a sales pitch. No one has placed an order. Nevertheless, Russia and India are investing in BrahMos 2, which will use a scramjet, instead of a ramjet, in the second stage. This would double speed, and make the missile much more difficult to defend against.

The large order from India indicates it plans to make the missile a major weapon system. The BrahMos can carry a nuclear warhead, but is designed mainly to go after high value targets that require a large warhead and great accuracy. The BrahMos could take out enemy headquarters, or key weapons systems (especially those employing electronic or nuclear weapons.)


厉害,送人2.4亿研制费,自己居然不知道怎么做
 
friend As u said BRAHMOS is a real "AIRCRAFT-CARRIER KILLER" ............
No doubt about it:smitten:
 
The 3.2 ton BrahMos has a range of 300 kilometers and a 660 pound warhead. Perhaps the most striking characteristic is its high speed, literally faster (at up to 3,000 feet per second) than a rifle bullet. Guidance is GPS or inertial to reach the general area of the target (usually a ship or other small target), then radar that will identify the specific target and hit it. The warhead weighs 660 pounds, and the high speed at impact causes additional damage (because of the weight of the entire missile.) India and Russia developed the weapon together, and the high price of each missile, about $2.3 million, reflects the expense of building a very fast, and accurate, weapon. It also restricts the number of countries that can afford it.


Words of Global recognition. Makes me proud of Brahmos!
 
Originally Posted by connanxlrc1000 View Post
"but non of our enemies got operational carriers as for now"

@ connanxlrc1000
The "Brahmos" is'nt really discriminatory by nature. It does'nt mind being shot off anywhere. Sort of 'Have gun will travel.'
But seriously this is a real certificate for the missile (and its not even from TOI). Neutral source anyone !!!
 
Originally Posted by connanxlrc1000 View Post
"but non of our enemies got operational carriers as for now"

@ connanxlrc1000
The "Brahmos" is'nt really discriminatory by nature. It does'nt mind being shot off anywhere. Sort of 'Have gun will travel.'
But seriously this is a real certificate for the missile (and its not even from TOI). Neutral source anyone !!!

my point is by the time our neighbour commission its carrier we will be having a block 2 version
 
The struggle is not to sell but to sell to whom. Quite a distorted piece of article. The last time I checked Iran, Israel, Indonesia, Kuwait etc were interested along with a few more.

You see, we and Russians are a tight team but our friends are very few of them we can call mutual and trustworthy enough to impart such a powerful technology. Take the above case where Israel is very much interested but Russians are not comfortable. Same way, we aren't secretly comfortable with Iran's interest because of their hostile relations towards Israel.

So there we got a situation. Another article said that Russia advised Dr. Pillai against considering selling to third parties due to the sensitivity of technology involved.
 
Pointless Article. Whether or not it is capable of taking down an AC, as long as it can take down a ship well, it'll still have buyers. Question is, how many of them can pay up?
 
Brahmos is a show piece of cutting edge technology. Now even block II which is more faster with same accuracy and percision. Hope it is a longer range version.

:smitten::victory::sniper::cheers::chilli:
 
Probably the reporter might not know that India wants to export only after fulfilling its own orders.A conservative estimate of 1500 missiles needed by India (for all 3 forces)Unless the production is ramped up ,it will take atleast 10 years alone for Indian forces forget about exports.Exports are only meant for making money.Why do you need to starve your own armed forces from such a crucial weapon system while going after exports? Thats a certainly foolish idea.

but on the other side deliveries for other countries were considered on a case by case basis and first delivery will commence from 2017 onwards, i.e when India and russia starts receiving Brahmos-II.there is a small strat analogy behind this specific date.you need to decipher the myth.
 
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