Sunday Treat: Supersonic missile BrahMos successfully test-fired

[david blain]

Bhubaneswar: India today successfully test fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range at Chandipur off Odisha coast. The missile, which has a flight range of up to 290 km, is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg.

"The cruise missile was test fired from a ground mobile launcher from the launch complex-3 at about 1030 hours and all data is being retrieved for analysis," defence sources said.

The cruise missile, a surface-to-surface Army version, was test fired as part of user trial by the Army, they said. The two-stage missile, the first one being solid and the second one ramjet liquid propellant, has already been inducted into the Army and Navy, and the Air-Force version is in final stage of trial, a defence official said.

While induction of the first version of Brahmos missile system in the Indian Navy commenced from 2005 with INS Rajput, it is now fully operational with two regiments of the Army.

The air launch version and the submarine launch version of the missile system are in progress, he said. The Army has so far placed orders for the Brahmos missile to be deployed by three regiments of the Army and two of them have already been inducted operationally.

The Defence Ministry has also given a go-ahead to Army to induct a third regiment equipped with the missile system to be deployed in Arunachal Pradesh along the China border.

Brahmos Aerospace, an Indo-Russian joint venture company headed by a distinguished Indian defence scientist, is also working to develop the air as well as the submarine launch version of the missile system and work on the project is in progress.

The last trial was conducted on March 28, 2012 from the same base and it was successful.

SOURSE : NDTV

 

[Mirza Jatt]

thats a routine test...postive news anyways

 

[The_Sidewinder]

Yeah...
Real super sunday

 

[joekrish]

Does the missile look different on the pic or am I seeing something wrong?

 

[david blain]

Does the missile look different on the pic or am I seeing something wrong?

Its a brhmos but not todays pic just randomly posted pic may be u r confused because of helmet

 

[1nd1a]

Today's test video...

 

[david blain]

Why a nose cap on brahmos is it because canister or any other reasone ?

 

[kurup]

Why a nose cap on brahmos is it because canister or any other reasone ?

One reason is that it is canisterd.....

Other , The direction of brahmos is changed from vertical to horizontal by firing two motors which is also housed in this cap ....

 

[Rajib]

Potent weapon.50 of them can wiped out whole Pak navy.

 

[SamantK]

Potent weapon.50 of them can wiped out whole Pak navy.

This is a canisterised launched land version of BhraMos, not meant for destroying ships.

 

[david blain]

One reason is that it is canisterd.....

Other , The direction of brahmos is changed from vertical to horizontal by firing two motors which is also housed in this cap ....

And what abt shauryas cap same reasone ? i doubt shauraya can changed its direction ?

 

[kurup]

And what abt shauryas cap same reasone ? i doubt shauraya can changed its direction ?

i don't the answer but my guess is that since both brahmos and shourya has pointy noses and are canistered ...

When both of them are fired , they come out destroying the lid of the canister ....

So a large diameter cap will have this impact force distributed around it's top surface than a pointy nose which would have experienced a much larger impact maybe damaging it .....

Just a wild guess......

 

[KRAIT]

Brahmos for our Sukhoi will give us an edge over our adversaries.

 

[RISING SUN]

2NDLD BRAHMOS 2 LAST
The air launch version and the submarine launch version of the missile system are in progress, Prasad said. The Army has so far placed orders for the Brahmos missile to be deployed by three regiments of the Army and two of them have already been inducted operationally. The Defence Ministry has also given a go-ahead to Army to induct a third regiment equipped with the missile system to be deployed in Arunachal Pradesh along the China border. Brahmos Aerospace, an Indo-Russian joint venture company headed by a distinguished Indian defence scientist, is also working to develop the air as well as the submarine launch version of the missile system and work on the project is in progress. The last trial of Brahmos was conducted successfully on March 28, 2012 from the same base.
http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/2ndld-brahmos-2-last/1030723.html:cheers:

2NDLD BRAHMOS 2 LAST
The air launch version and the submarine launch version of the missile system are in progress, Prasad said. The Army has so far placed orders for the Brahmos missile to be deployed by three regiments of the Army and two of them have already been inducted operationally. The Defence Ministry has also given a go-ahead to Army to induct a third regiment equipped with the missile system to be deployed in Arunachal Pradesh along the China border. Brahmos Aerospace, an Indo-Russian joint venture company headed by a distinguished Indian defence scientist, is also working to develop the air as well as the submarine launch version of the missile system and work on the project is in progress. The last trial of Brahmos was conducted successfully on March 28, 2012 from the same base.
http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/2ndld-brahmos-2-last/1030723.html:cheers:

The 32nd test-firing of the Russian-Indian BrahMos supersonic cruise missile has been conducted from the integrated test range in the east of India on Sunday.
The launch was primarily aimed at testing the new power systems, materials for airframe components, guidance scheme and various electric systems, an official with the BrahMos company said.
The Russian-Indian BrahMos enterprise was established in 1988 especially for the development of the BrahMos supersonic missile. The company’s name is made of the names of the Brahmaputra and Moskva rivers.
http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_07_29/India-conducts-new-BraMos-missile-test/:bounce:

10 features that make BrahMos supersonic cruise missile
New Delhi: India on Sunday successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off Odisha coast.
BrahMos is a two-stage missile with a solid propellant booster engine as its first stage which brings it to supersonic speed and then gets separated.The liquid ramjet or the second stage then takes the missile closer to 3 Mach speed in cruise phase. Stealth technology and guidance system with advanced embedded software provides the missile the following special features:

1. BrahMos is the first supersonic cruise missile known to be in service. Induction of the first version of BrahMos Weapon Comples in the Indian Navy commenced from 2005 with INS Rajput as the first ship.
2. The missile has 'fire and forget' principle, adopting varieties of flights on its way to the target.
3. Its destructive power is enhanced due to large kinetic energy on impact. Its cruising altitude could be up to 15km and terminal altitude is as low as 10 metres.
4. It carries a conventional warhed weighing 200 to 300 kgs.
5. Compared to existing state-of-the-art subsonic cruise missiles, BrahMos has three times more velocity, 2.5 to 3 times more flight range, 3 to 4 times more seeker range and 9 times more kinetic energy.
6. The missile has identical configuration for land, sea and sub-sea platforms and uses a Transport Launch Canister (TLC) for transportation, storage and launch.
7. The missile is universal for multiple platforms and can pin point accuracy with high lethal power aided by large kinetic energy on impact.
8. It has shorter flight times leading to lower target dispersion and quicker engagement.
9. BrahMos is a joint venture between India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia's NPO Mashinostroeyenia, who have together formed BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.
10. The name BrahMos is a portmanteau formed from the names of two rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia.
10 features that make BrahMos supersonic cruise missile - www.daily.bhaskar.com

10 features that make BrahMos supersonic cruise missile
New Delhi: India on Sunday successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off Odisha coast.
BrahMos is a two-stage missile with a solid propellant booster engine as its first stage which brings it to supersonic speed and then gets separated.The liquid ramjet or the second stage then takes the missile closer to 3 Mach speed in cruise phase. Stealth technology and guidance system with advanced embedded software provides the missile the following special features:

1. BrahMos is the first supersonic cruise missile known to be in service. Induction of the first version of BrahMos Weapon Comples in the Indian Navy commenced from 2005 with INS Rajput as the first ship.
2. The missile has 'fire and forget' principle, adopting varieties of flights on its way to the target.
3. Its destructive power is enhanced due to large kinetic energy on impact. Its cruising altitude could be up to 15km and terminal altitude is as low as 10 metres.
4. It carries a conventional warhed weighing 200 to 300 kgs.
5. Compared to existing state-of-the-art subsonic cruise missiles, BrahMos has three times more velocity, 2.5 to 3 times more flight range, 3 to 4 times more seeker range and 9 times more kinetic energy.
6. The missile has identical configuration for land, sea and sub-sea platforms and uses a Transport Launch Canister (TLC) for transportation, storage and launch.
7. The missile is universal for multiple platforms and can pin point accuracy with high lethal power aided by large kinetic energy on impact.
8. It has shorter flight times leading to lower target dispersion and quicker engagement.
9. BrahMos is a joint venture between India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia's NPO Mashinostroeyenia, who have together formed BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.
10. The name BrahMos is a portmanteau formed from the names of two rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia.
10 features that make BrahMos supersonic cruise missile - www.daily.bhaskar.com

 

[Kompromat]

Brahmos for our Sukhoi will give us an edge over our adversaries.

Brahmos indeed is a potent SOW and will surely add teeth to the Flankers. Right now PAF has an edge over IAF in ALCM arena with deployment of Ra'ad which maybe short lived.