Existing Brahmos missile SPEED to be increased to Mach 4 ; Hypersonic Brahmos by 2024

[Stephen Cohen]

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Russia and India will start research and development works on the hypersonic version of BrahMos missile approximately in 2022.

A prototype of the BrahMos hypersonic missile is expected to be manufactured in 2024, Marketing Director of the Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace Company Praveen Pathak was quoted as saying by TASS on Thursday.

"This will be another missile with a speed of about 6 Mach," Pathak said at the KADEX 2016 arms exhibition in Astana in Kazakhstan.

According to Pathak, the speed of the existing BrahMos supersonic missile is planned to be increased to 4 Mach within the coming three-four years.

As Pathak said, a preliminary design of the missile is currently being worked out. Russia and India are simultaneously considering various designs of the future missile.

“This stage will take "at least five-six years." R&D work is expected to start approximately in 2022 and the first prototype of the missile is planned to be manufactured two years later, he said.

Pathak said that the future missile was expected to have the same weight and size as the existing BrahMos missile so that it can be used with the same platforms and launchers.

"Developers cannot tell the project’s total cost yet. This will be known when the preliminary design is worked out and a decision on the missile’s configuration is made," the marketing director said.

According to him, the missile’s price will be mostly determined by the materials that will be used for its production.

The company said earlier that the hypersonic version of the BrahMos missile could be developed within five-ten years and its speed would exceed 7 Mach.


http://www.defenseworld.net/news/16...rsonic_BrahMos_Prototype_By_2024#.V1GFQjV97IU


http://www.defencenews.in/article/Indo-Russian-Hypersonic-BrahMos-Prototype-By-2024-5664

 

[kaykay]

4 Mach? Thats great is all I can say.

 

[fsayed]

I m confused. Is this a 4th variant of Brahmos

1st is Brahmos currently in service with Mach 2 speed variant

2nd is Brahmos Ng small and lighter in weight but same speed and range

3rd is hypersonic version
Russia ups stakes in hypersonic race
27 February 2015 ALEXÁNDER KOROLKOV, SPECIALLY FOR RIR
Recently, journalists reported on the creation of special fuel for hypersonic vehicles and missiles, as well as the creation of an oxygen-free engine for the PAK FA fighter jet. At an airshow in India, it was revealed that a Russia-India joint venture was entering the final stages of work on a hypersonic missile. These interrelated events suggest that Russia is fully involved in the creation of hypersonic weapons.

http://in.rbth.com/economics/2015/02/27/russia_ups_stakes_in_hypersonic_race_41671

4th one is this???????????????
This will be another missile with a speed of about 6 Mach," Pathak said at the KADEX 2016 arms exhibition in Astana in Kazakhstan.

@Water Car Engineer @kaykay @Stephen Cohen @GURU DUTT @nair @proud_indian

 

[proud_indian]

I m confused. Is this a 4th variant of Brahmos

1st is Brahmos currently in service with Mach 2 speed variant

@Water Car Engineer @kaykay @Stephen Cohen @GURU DUTT @nair @proud_indian

the article suggest that they want to increase the speed of existing missile (in bold letters) to mach 4

 

[fsayed]

the article suggest that they want to increase the speed of existing missile (in bold letters) to mach 4

So this means it is a 4th variant of Brahmos

Yaaaaahooooooooo

 

[proud_indian]

So this means it is a 4th variant of Brahmos

Yaaaaahooooooooo

not at all, its like an up gradation of an existing system

don't read too much in to it

 

[fsayed]

not at all, its like an up gradation to an existing system

don't read too much in to it

Thank bro for bursting my excitement balloon


But still I m haaaaapppppyyyyy for awesome upgrade

 

[kaykay]

I m confused. Is this a 4th variant of Brahmos

1st is Brahmos currently in service with Mach 2 speed variant

2nd is Brahmos Ng small and lighter in weight but same speed and range

3rd is hypersonic version
Russia ups stakes in hypersonic race
27 February 2015 ALEXÁNDER KOROLKOV, SPECIALLY FOR RIR
Recently, journalists reported on the creation of special fuel for hypersonic vehicles and missiles, as well as the creation of an oxygen-free engine for the PAK FA fighter jet. At an airshow in India, it was revealed that a Russia-India joint venture was entering the final stages of work on a hypersonic missile. These interrelated events suggest that Russia is fully involved in the creation of hypersonic weapons.

http://in.rbth.com/economics/2015/02/27/russia_ups_stakes_in_hypersonic_race_41671

4th one is this???????????????
This will be another missile with a speed of about 6 Mach," Pathak said at the KADEX 2016 arms exhibition in Astana in Kazakhstan.

@Water Car Engineer @kaykay @Stephen Cohen @GURU DUTT @nair @proud_indian

Naah bro. Its just the upgradation plans for existing variant. from 3 mach to 4 mach....

 

[Abingdonboy]

Thank bro for bursting my excitement balloon


But still I m haaaaapppppyyyyy for awesome upgrade

Why would you be disappointed bro? This is a signficant upgrade for the existing missiles and production standard whilst the hypersonic variant is being explored for induction within a decade. What was already deadlier has just got a lot more so.