sudhir007
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- Jul 6, 2009
- Messages
- 4,728
- Reaction score
- 1
The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation
The lighter version of BrahMos supersonic missiles being developed by its manufacturers for firing from air will not lack in terms of firepower when compared to their heavier cousins deployed with the Army and the Navy.
"We are only reducing the weight of the missile. We are not reducing any of its firepower", BrahMos Aerospace CEO and MD Sivathanu Pillai told this reporter at the sidelines of a seminar here today.
Pillai said the Su-30 fighter jets with which the BrahMos missile was being integrated was designed to carry a maximum load of 1.5 tonnes. While the weight of the ordinary BrahMos is three tonnes, the aircraft version weighs 2.5 tonne. But even at 2.5 tonnes, it was one tonne in excess for the Russian fighter.
Pillai said the aircraft was needed to be strengthened for carrying the missile and for this purpose the aircraft was being redesigned and various parts of the aircraft was being freshly made.
The lighter version of BrahMos supersonic missiles being developed by its manufacturers for firing from air will not lack in terms of firepower when compared to their heavier cousins deployed with the Army and the Navy.
"We are only reducing the weight of the missile. We are not reducing any of its firepower", BrahMos Aerospace CEO and MD Sivathanu Pillai told this reporter at the sidelines of a seminar here today.
Pillai said the Su-30 fighter jets with which the BrahMos missile was being integrated was designed to carry a maximum load of 1.5 tonnes. While the weight of the ordinary BrahMos is three tonnes, the aircraft version weighs 2.5 tonne. But even at 2.5 tonnes, it was one tonne in excess for the Russian fighter.
Pillai said the aircraft was needed to be strengthened for carrying the missile and for this purpose the aircraft was being redesigned and various parts of the aircraft was being freshly made.
