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What is BrahMos Missile?

• BrahMos Missile is a supersonic cruise missile which can be launched from ships, aircrafts, from land or from submarines.
• It was developed jointly by Russia and the Republic of India who collectively formed the BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.
• The missile has a solid propellant booster engine which gets the missile to supersonic speed in the first stage after which the liquid ramjet takes the missile to speeds close to 3.0 Mach in the second stage.
• It is actually considered the fastest cruise missile in the world at speeds of 2.8 – 3.0 Mach.
• The special features of the cruise missile include its stealth technology and direction system with advanced integrated software. 

Features of the BrahMos cruise missile:

• The flight range of the missile is 290 km and it is capable of supersonic speeds throughout its flight, this enables it to achieve shorter flight periods. 
• Shorter flight periods ensures that there is low scattering of targets and a faster engagement duration, additionally, with such a shorter flight time, there is a higher guarantee on non-interference by any weapon system in the world.
• The missile adopts variations of flight as it moves towards the target since it operates on the principle of “fire and forget’.
• It has a higher destructive power due to the huge kinetic energy on impact.
• The BrahMos missile travels at altitudes of up to 15 km and lowest altitudes of 10m and can carry a warhead of 200 to 300 kilograms.

Comparison with present subsonic missiles:

• It is 3 times faster 
• It achieves 2.5 to 3 times more flight range 
• Seeks target 3 to 4 times more than present subsonic missiles
• Has 9 times extra kinetic energy

BrahMos missile unique features:

• It is universal for various platforms
• It operates on the fire and forget principle
• Achieves high supersonic speeds throughout the flight
• Has an extended flight range with variations in flight paths
• Has minimal radar signature 
• It is very accurate and highly destructive owing to the enormous kinetic energy on impact.
• Has shorter flight durations hence low target scattering and faster engagement

Successful launch of BrahMos 3 missile:

• The BrahMos 3 cruise missile is the successor of BrahMos II missile which is capable of engaging targets in unreachable mountain terrains.
• It was successfully tested by the Indian Army on November 18, 2013 at the Pokhran field, Rajasthan. The launch was carried out entirely by the Indian army.
• The BrahMos 3 missile was launched at supersonic speed in a steep-dive mode from Chandan region of Pokhran field, the target was put up 28 kilometres away at Ajasar.
• The missile after launch followed the pre-set path and it successfully hit and destroyed the tough concrete structure target with high precision due to its absolute velocity.
• The successful launch confirmed the BrahMos 3 missile’s deep penetration ability. The missile is also an all-weather weapon and is highly navigable.
• The missile has since been inducted in service by both the army and the navy and will be very effective in mountain warfare.
• The launch was witnessed by the executives and scientists of BrahMos alongside senior officials from the defence ministry.