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It's a valid point,for making mki brahmos campatible we are making mki short legged. Either iaf should go for more mki or they should go for another 40 or so su34s.So far only one SU-30 MKI had been structurally strengthened to carry the 2.5 ton heavyweight on central pylon. The additional frames welded to MKI fuselage to make it stronger has permanently increased the jets weight and handling characteristics.
An MKI Carrying brahmos can only fly 1500 km, which is half the normal range of the jet.
So India now has the bullet but only one gun to fire it from.
The more jets they modify for Brahmos, the more impact it will have on overall performance of IAF.
Does it change the fact that brahmos can hit moving targets?no. Tell me how many antiship missile of today is having this capability? Don't bring agm158,it's still under development or don't bring your bull shit theory of rocket motor position in an anti-tank missile to show your expertise.Why is it hard for BrahMos to hit a moving target?
If the BrahMos has a mission to destroy the moving ship at 300 KM away, it will take about 6 minutes to reach it (800m/s), and by that time the target would have moved 5 KM away from it (30 knots per hour). So the BrahMos needs constant location feeding (mid-course data link enabled) of its target which is on the run or moving. And BrahMos is not equipped in its autonomous mode to reach that moving target on its own without any GPS co-ordinate feed through various means.