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After India tested its subsonic Nirbhay cruise missile–which is capable of carrying nuclear warheads–on Oct. 17, the Sina Military Network based in Beijing said that China's CJ-10 cruise missile is much more powerful than its Indian counterpart.
The Kanwa Defense Review operated by Andrei Chang, a military analyst in Canada who is also known as Pinkov, reported that the range of the Nirbhay is between 700 and 1,000 kilometers.
Like the US Tomahawk cruise missile, China's CJ-10 cruise missiles can attack targets 2,500 kilometers away. Designed as supersonic cruise missile, the speed of the CJ-10 is much faster than the Nirbhay.
Another advantage is that the CJ-10 is cheaper than missiles from other nations. The price for a single missile is estimated to be only US$175,000 according to a defense expert from the United States. The Sina Military Network said this means that it can be exported to China's allies and security partners in huge numbers.
With help from Russia, India began the development of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile back in 2005. However, the range of this supersonic missile is no more than 300 kilometers. Pakistan's Babur land attack cruise missile, on the other hand, has a range of between 700-1,000 kilometers. Avinash Chander, the chief architect of the Agni series of ballistic missile systems said that India will stop introducing missiles from other nations and start to build its own missiles in 2022.
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20141023000148&cid=1101
The Kanwa Defense Review operated by Andrei Chang, a military analyst in Canada who is also known as Pinkov, reported that the range of the Nirbhay is between 700 and 1,000 kilometers.
Like the US Tomahawk cruise missile, China's CJ-10 cruise missiles can attack targets 2,500 kilometers away. Designed as supersonic cruise missile, the speed of the CJ-10 is much faster than the Nirbhay.
Another advantage is that the CJ-10 is cheaper than missiles from other nations. The price for a single missile is estimated to be only US$175,000 according to a defense expert from the United States. The Sina Military Network said this means that it can be exported to China's allies and security partners in huge numbers.
With help from Russia, India began the development of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile back in 2005. However, the range of this supersonic missile is no more than 300 kilometers. Pakistan's Babur land attack cruise missile, on the other hand, has a range of between 700-1,000 kilometers. Avinash Chander, the chief architect of the Agni series of ballistic missile systems said that India will stop introducing missiles from other nations and start to build its own missiles in 2022.
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20141023000148&cid=1101