Indian Army test new Brahmos

[akand bharat]

Must be hell of an ICBM considering it is to be used against an A/C...?

And mach 10-25 is its speed in terminal phase..

your referring not df-21 IRBM MISSILE HERE

 

[Gessler]

Must be hell of an ICBM considering it is to be used against an A/C...?

And mach 10-25 is its speed in terminal phase..

P.S: Is it in service yet or still under development?

Modern heat-shield tech can give any BM a terminal speed more than Mach 10.

 

[sree45]

Dude they are already working on mach 9 CMs... or what about D-21 with mach 10 speed,1500km range dubbed the "carrier killer" ... apart from tht CMs like CJ-20,HN-2000 (stealth supersonic cruise missile, 4000 km range),DH-2000 (submarine launched cruise missile) etc etc 


Tht is my question...?

Penetrating as in penetrating the armor of a tank or a bunker.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

lol

Block-3 BrahMos is distinctly different from Yakhont. It makes use of all the modern
tech, features & abilities that didn't exist on yakhont which is Soviet tech. Plus
BrahMos is canister-capable, unlike yakhont which was premature.

Sure dude... although it doesnt just look similiar to a yakhont but its specs etc are also similiar.. and its a JV?

Which..?

A hint:

Russia, China, and America’s Hypersonic Missile Race
By J. Michael Cole

August 20, 2012
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At first everything went as planned: the vehicle separated from a B-52 Stratofortress high above a naval air warfare center sea range in California and decoupled from the rocket booster. But 31 seconds into the test, a problem developed with a cruiser control fin and the X-51A Waverider hypersonic vehicle plummeted into the Pacific Ocean, missing its target of cruising at Mach 6 for five minutes.

Despite the August 14 failure, the race for hypersonic cruise vehicle (HCV) capability between the US, China, and Russia is still on, with India piggybacking on Russian efforts. For a number of years now, the three countries have made major advances in the development of air vehicles that can be maneuvered at speeds beyond Mach 5 (6,125kph). While interest arose during the Cold War, real advances only occurred in the early 1990s, with Russia becoming the first country to successfully test-flight a supersonic combustion ramjet, or scramjet, experimental vehicle, beating the U.S. by nine years.

The X-51A is the result of a consortium involving the USAF, Boeing, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Aeronautic and Space Administration, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, and the USAF Research Laboratory’s Propulsion Directorate. So far, the US$140 million program’s only success occurred on May 26, 2010, when the vehicle flew for more than 200 seconds at Mach 5 off the southern California Pacific coast.

For their part the Chinese have reportedly showed significant interest in HCV technology, with research and development work occurring at a number of centers, including the Qian Xuesen National Engineering Science Experiment Base in Beijing’s Huairou district. News emerged in 2007 — three years after the launch of the X-51A program — that Chinese scientists were planning to test scramjet models capable of reaching Mach 5.6 speed at a new wind tunnel in Beijing. According to Chinese media earlier this year, Chinese scientists may also have built a wind tunnel capable of testing supersonic devices at Mach 9.

While the commercial applications for HCV technology are self-evident — an aircraft achieving such speeds could fly from London to New York in less than an hour — they have also caught the imagination of military scientists (the Pentagon is said to have spent about US$2 billion on six hypersonic projects in the past decade alone). One objective is to push beyond ramjet-powered cruise missiles, whose speed and range are limited by the need to keep the gas flow in the combustion unit at subsonic velocity. Being able to burn fuel when airflow within the engine is at supersonic speed would greatly enhance both the speed and range of a missile.

The benefits of added range are obvious, as are those regarding speed. A June 2010 report by the Air Force Association on hypersonic technology points to the 80 minutes it took land-attack cruise missiles (LACM) launched from U.S. ships in the Arabian Sea to reach al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan in 1998 following the terrorist attacks against U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. By contrast, supercruise missiles would have “compressed the shooter-to-target loop,” meaning that the same attack would have taken 12 minutes, the report said, arguing that the 80 minutes it took for the missiles to reach their target gave al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden sufficient to escape. The ability to attack targets anywhere quickly is part of the Prompt Global Strike program initiated in 2001, when planners at the Pentagon began looking for the means to hit a foe almost instantly without risking nuclear escalation.

Closing the shooter-to-target loop is only part of the equation, however, as hypersonic missiles would also write a new chapter in the evolutionary battle between penetration and intercept capabilities.

Operating at speeds below Mach 2, current ramjet-powered missiles like Russia’s SS-N-22 “Sunburn” and the U.S.’ Harpoon, or turbojet-powered missiles such as China’s C.802 anti-ship/LACM, are slow enough that targets can intercept them. However, intercepting missiles cruising at Mach 5+ would be a formidable task and would put targets like carrier battle groups at great risk. Granted, the re-entry speed of China’s Dong Feng 21D anti-ship ballistic missile would be even greater than the maximum speed reached by a hypersonic cruise missile, but cruise missiles have the advantage of being much more maneuverable, and their low-flying ability allows them to escape notice by early-warning systems and have better chances of slipping through small tactical radar and infrared cross sections.

We’re probably years from seeing the deployment of hypersonic cruise missiles, but given the clear advantages in range, speed, and precision (not to mention the benefits of having a non-nuclear strategic strike force), this is technology that has far too much appeal to be abandoned. The arms race, it seems, has entered a supersonic phase.


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[Gessler]

@DESERT FIGHTER

Where is the Mach 10+ US missile? X-51A is a Mach 5-6.

BrahMos-2 is capable of Mach 6-7 according to info.

Still, you cannot compare them because X-51A cannot strike a moving target
like warships, BrahMos-2 can do that, albeit with a possible reduction in speed.

As of the Chinese, they are also talking of building a super-stealth nuclear-powered
fighter bomber than can carry 200 nuclear bombs !!!!!

China to build super nuclear bomber carrying over 200 nuclear bombs | China Daily Mail



Do you wish to believe these cliams of China super duper cruse missiles with
1,000,000 km range and Warp-7 speeds?

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

@DESERT FIGHTER

Where is the Mach 10+ US missile? X-51A is a Mach 5-6.

BrahMos-2 is capable of Mach 6-7 according to info.

So according to "your info" brahmos2 is hypersonic?

US also tested the mach 7 X-43 ... etc etc!...
As of the Chinese, they are also talking of building a super-stealth nuclear-powered
fighter bomber than can carry 200 nuclear bombs !!!!!

China to build super nuclear bomber carrying over 200 nuclear bombs | China Daily Mail



Do you wish to believe these cliams of China super duper cruse missiles with
1,000,000 km range and Warp-7 speeds?

Also remember the 1000+ seater indian airliner..

Unfortunately i lost the link...

 

[Gessler]

So according to "your info" brahmos2 is hypersonic?

You thought otherwise?

US also tested the mach 7 X-43 ... etc etc!...

Since when did X-43 become a cruise missile ?

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

You thought otherwise?

lol... i thought the date of a "hypersonic" brahmos was 2017..

Also a credible source would help...


Just dnt quote blogs or "sec info"....

Since when did X-43 become a cruise missile ?

Tech demonstrator...

 

[Destro]

Which chinese cruise missile is 500+ km and speeds M4+?

YJ-18.

Brahmos is a Russian missile, not an Indian. It was developed with old Russian technology using Russian engineers. 

lol... i thought the date of a "hypersonic" brahmos was 2017..

Also a credible source would help...


Just dnt quote blogs or "sec info"....



Tech demonstrator...

Never believe anything coming out of India. They lie so much about their military equipment to feed their jingoistic population.

India has no hypersonic missile. All their claims are not credible, just ultra nationalists spewing their propaganda.

 

[Gessler]

@DESERT FIGHTER

Don't you have Google. 

YJ-18.

Picture please.

Brahmos is a Russian missile, not an Indian. It was developed with old Russian technology using Russian engineers.

Then I wonder how Brahmos is capable of doing so much that Russian Yakhont could not.

Never believe anything coming out of India. They lie so much about their military equipment to feed their jingoistic population.

India has no hypersonic missile. All their claims are not credible, just ultra nationalists spewing their propaganda.

We didn't say we have hypersonic cruise missile (although some may consider
Mach 7.5 Shaurya as a cruise missile), we said we are building them with
Russians in a JV.

 

[OrionHunter]

Don't see why Indians always get so high whenever the word BrahMos is mentioned。

It is a piece of ordinary weapon that is partly built in India using outdated Russian technology。

India should aim for range 500+km and speed M4+，for that's what China has in its arsenals。

Talking crap as usual? Have you heard of the Hypersonic Mach 7+ Brahmos-II cruise missile soon to be tested? No? Has China anything that can compare with this?

Now go have a soda. That should reduce the frequency of your brain farts.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Then I wonder how Brahmos is capable of doing so much that Russian Yakhont could not.

Lol.. and what are those? better guidance?

Also Yakhont has longer range aswell... no wonder viets etc went for russian yakhont ranther than the indian offered brahmos..

We didn't say we have hypersonic cruise missile (although some may consider
Mach 7.5 Shaurya as a cruise missile), we said we are building them with
Russians in a JV.

Some idiots might consider shaurya a mach 7.5 CM... And they do... but doesnt change the reality..

Again provide links for the hypersonic brahmos 2 in service!

 

[gslv mk3]

@DESERT FIGHTER

Shaurya is a QBM,not a cruise one.

There is another supersonic CM under development- LRCM ( uses indian ramjet tech,800 km range @ mach 3.2 first flight in 2014)

India has already ground tested Scramjets-And would test HSTDV (google it) next year which will make us second only to US.

 

[Gessler]

Lol.. and what are those? better guidance?

Just go through this thread from page 1. Must I tell you how to breath as well?

Also Yakhont has longer range aswell... no wonder viets etc went for russian yakhont ranther than the indian offered brahmos..

Brahmos and yakhont have same range. It's just one is free of MTCR, therefore it
can be openly stated. The other is not, hence the downplay.

Brahmos costs a lot more than Yakhont because of a lot of new tech. So no wonder smaller countries can't
afford it.

Some idiots might consider shaurya a mach 7.5 CM... And they do... but doesnt change the reality..

Some idiots also thought DF-21 is a cruise missile. Infact on this very
thread, an idiot was conparing DF-21 to cruise missiles until someone came up
and told the idiot what's what.

What was that guy's name who was comparing df-21 with CMs? Desert...i don't remember!

Again provide links for the hypersonic brahmos 2 in service!

I never said brahmos-2 was in service. Just google Brahmos-2 and you'll find
all the links you need.

Are you confusing BrahMos-1 Block-2 with Brahmos-2?

 

[IND151]

Hyderabad, Nov 18:
An advanced version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system was successfully test-fired by the Indian Army at the Pokhran test range in Rajasthan at 1055 hours on Monday.

The block III variant of BrahMos with deep penetration capability was test launched from a Mobile Autonomous Launcher.

The missile after launch followed the predetermined trajectory and successfully pierced the designated concrete structure, a press release stated.

“The launch has successfully validated the deep penetration capability of the supersonic cruise missile system against hardened targets,” a company official said.

Core Commander Lt. General Amit Sharma who witnessed the launch along with GoC’s and senior officers from the Indian Army congratulated the operational Army team for the successful launch.

CEO & MD BrahMos along with senior officials from MoD and scientists from DRDO and BrahMos Aerospace also witnessed the launch.

The Army has inducted two regiments of the missile in its arsenal, while the third regiment induction is in progress.

The 290-km BrahMos flies at a speed of 2.8 Mach and carries a conventional warhead of up to 300 kg. The missile can be launched from multiple platforms including land, sea, sub-sea and air.

Both the Army and Navy have already inducted the missile in service, while the air-version of the weapon is scheduled to be flight tested by the IAF soon.

somasekhar.m@thehindu.co.in

(This article was published on November 18, 2013)
Keywords: BrahMos, DRDO, Pokhran, Indian Army, supersonic cruise missile, India, India defence,

Indian Army test-fires advanced version of BrahMos missile | Business Line

Thanks for Info 

Don't see why Indians always get so high whenever the word BrahMos is mentioned。

It is a piece of ordinary weapon that is partly built in India using outdated Russian technology。

India should aim for range 500+km and speed M4+，for that's what China has in its arsenals。

New Modified Brahmos with 500 KM Range