BrahMos Air Variant To be Tested Before 2012 end

[Nirvana]

BrahMos Air Variant To be Tested Before 2012 end

India will test the air variant of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile before the end of 2012, a top official of BrahMos Aerospace said today.

"We are going to test the missile from air so that it can be inducted into the Indian Air Force. The testing will be done before the end of 2012," Brahmos Aerospace Chief Executive Officer A Sivathanu Pillai told reporters here.

BrahMos has already been inducted into the Army and the Navy after succesful tests.

Pillai said the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) was working on increasing the speed of its missiles. "We are also working on achieving hypersonic speed. It will take some five years from now."

Former President and missile expert A P J Abdul Kalam had recently asked the BrahMos Aerospace to "develop an hypersonic version" that should be able to deliver its payload and return to base.

The cruise missiles developed by BrahMos, a joint venture between India and Russia, can travel at speeds of Mach 2.8 (2.8 times the speed of sound) against US' Tomahawk at 0.8 Mach, he said.

India is the only country to have a supersonic cruise missile developed in a joint venture with Russia and the maiden launch of BrahMos was carried out a decade ago at the Interim Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa.

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I Hope Our Strategic Command Gets 40 of This Upgraded Su 30 Mki with BrahMos

 

[SpArK]

Great news..Its a very important strategic deterrent..

 

[tvsram1992]

BrahMos Air Variant To be Tested Before 2012 end

BrahMos air variant to be tested before 2012 end: Pillai - PTI -

The Air BrahMos For Sukhois will be a Game Changer -

I Hope Our Strategic Command Gets 40 of This Upgraded Su 30 Mki with BrahMos

It will be more useful for Maritime defence and Naval attacks rather than SFC , how ever we cant rule out this.

 

[sancho]

Great news..Its a very important strategic deterrent..

I don't know about this. Brahmos is an imortant weapon, but mainly for IA and IN, from ground/mobile launchers, or subs and vessels. IA and IN can use it in numbers against potential targets and has nothing comparable on offer, while IAF could get Scalp / Storm Shadow cruise missiles with MMRCAs, or Mirage 2000s as well, not to forget that he MKI offers some Russian longe range missiles anyway. So IAF has quiet some alternatives to attack their targets, which doesn't make Brahmos that important. It's good to have it to attack high value targets, that are well defended for example, but the limitations of size, weight and range makes it not that important for IAF.
Nirbhay on the other side would be more important, by the fact that it is smaller and could be carrierd from a variety of IAF and IN fighters, while still is expected to have longer range than Brahmos (although I have some big doubts about the 1000Km), especially if it could fit into FGFAs, or AURA UCAVs internal weapon bay!

 

[satishkumarcsc]

I don't know about this. Brahmos is an imortant weapon, but mainly for IA and IN, from ground/mobile launchers, or subs and vessels. IA and IN can use it in numbers against potential targets and has nothing comparable on offer, while IAF could get Scalp / Storm Shadow cruise missiles with MMRCAs, or Mirage 2000s as well, not to forget that he MKI offers some Russian longe range missiles anyway. So IAF has quiet some alternatives to attack their targets, which doesn't make Brahmos that important. It's good to have it to attack high value targets, that are well defended for example, but the limitations of size, weight and range makes it not that important for IAF.
Nirbhay on the other side would be more important, by the fact that it is smaller and could be carrierd from a variety of IAF and IN fighters, while still is expected to have longer range than Brahmos (although I have some big doubts about the 1000Km), especially if it could fit into FGFAs, or AURA UCAVs internal weapon bay!

Well a weapon of Bhramos cadre will be a great asset in SEAD missions that require speed and precision and a good stand-off capability. It is very essential to take out ground based ADN. well it can also wreak Havoc in the CoC of the enemy airforces and ADN.

 

[Break the Silence]

@$$ CRACKER OF ENEMY!! btw, where and on which they gonna test it!!

 

[satishkumarcsc]

@$$ CRACKER OF ENEMY!! btw, where and on which they gonna test it!!

Most probably in Russia.

 

[nomi007]

Pakistan still have raad variant of Babur missile
but indian progress is still slow

 

[Hulk]

Pakistan still have raad variant of Babur missile
but indian progress is still slow

Because we want to do it our way.

 

[sancho]

Well a weapon of Bhramos cadre will be a great asset in SEAD missions that require speed and precision and a good stand-off capability. It is very essential to take out ground based ADN. well it can also wreak Havoc in the CoC of the enemy airforces and ADN.

Of course, for certain preemtive strikes like we saw it in Libya, but that could be done by Scalp / Storm Shadow, or Kh 59 and from different platforms, not only the MKI. That's why I said, compared to IA, or IN, where such alternatives are not really available, Brahmos has less importance for the IAF.

 

[satishkumarcsc]

Of course, for certain preemtive strikes like we saw it in Libya, but that could be done by Scalp / Storm Shadow, or Kh 59 and from different platforms, not only the MKI. That's why I said, compared to IA, or IN, where such alternatives are not really available, Brahmos has less importance for the IAF.

Well if we go for EF or Rafale we will be getting it. So nothing wrong in having one more missile system which is supersonic, Scalp/Storm Shadow will be the sub-sonic variety and Bhramos will be the supersonic variety which will be the high end and also helps in dependence on a single supplier.

 

[satishkumarcsc]

Pakistan still have raad variant of Babur missile
but indian progress is still slow

RAAD and Babur are nice. We will catch up with Nirbhay. Till then deal with hypersonic Shaurya.

 

[AMCA]

Pakistan still have raad variant of Babur missile
but indian progress is still slow

When you have it dosent make a difference, its about what you have.

 

[Omega007]

The Babur and Ra'ad are both subsonic cruise missiles which follows the same trajectory and speed against which our AA gunners and SAM crews are constantly trained.So countering them should not be a that big problem.The IAF and IA operate a massive force of locally produced reverse engeenired Bofors 40 mm L70 radar guided AAA guns.They also have ordered a large number of medium range Akash mk1 mid range SAMs which can easily take care of them.But do you have anything to defend yourselves against Brahmos or Shaurya????

 

[Penguin]

The Babur and Ra'ad are both subsonic cruise missiles which follows the same trajectory and speed against which our AA gunners and SAM crews are constantly trained.So countering them should not be a that big problem.The IAF and IA operate a massive force of locally produced reverse engeenired Bofors 40 mm L70 radar guided AAA guns.They also have ordered a large number of medium range Akash mk1 mid range SAMs which can easily take care of them.But do you have anything to defend yourselves against Brahmos or Shaurya????

Supersonic doesn't equate to invincible. Ultralow flying aircraft going at supersonic speeds aren't invulnerable either.
Slower speeds allows for better terrain hugging (compare fast jet and helicopters) and avoid specific defences.