Land and Sea Brahmos are already mass-produced and in service with India. In the early 2010s, Brahmos Aerospace began to develop an aeronautical version of the rocket and first launched it in 2017 from an airplane. Airborne Brahmos weighs 2.5 tons & mdash; 450 kilograms less than the first two modifications. It also features a smaller launch motor, additional tail fins, and a modified nose cone. The first supersonic aircraft missile to be armed with Su-30MKI fighters modified for transport will be accepted by Squadron 222 of the Indian Air Force. It should also be used on Tu-142 (6 wing mounted missiles), Il-76 (6 wing mounted missiles) and Il-38SD (4 missiles in the center of the glider).
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Su-30MKI aircraft with PJ-10 BrahMos supersonic anti-ship missile at Aero India exhibition in Bangalore. Photo: RIA Novosti/Dmitry Strugovets
Developers and Manufacturers
The designation 'BrahMos' comes from the name of the two rivers Brahmaputra in India and Moscow in Russia. The missile is a joint development of the Indian Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Russian NPO Mashinostroyenia, which in 1998 formed BraMos Aerospace LLC. (Ltd.). Ammunition assembly will take place on the territory of India, the main parts of the missile body will also be created by Indian companies.
A program to modernize 40 fighters to use Brahmos missiles has been approved. The Su-30MKI aircraft, in addition to adapting to this cruise missile, will receive a new on-board computer, radar and electronic combat systems. Some of the Indian fighters will be upgraded in Russia, after which Indian airline Hindustan Aeronautics Limited will engage in this licensed work.
Faster than Tomahawk
The Russian-Indian company Brahmos Aerospace has been developing Brahmos since 1998 on the basis of the Russian Yakhont missile project. Ammunition can reach speeds 2.5 to 2.8 times the speed of sound (3.1 to 3,500 km/h) and hit targets at a range of up to 300. The missile is capable to hit targets on the ground at an altitude of 10 meters. flight on a combined path is 290 km, with a low altitude & mdash; 120 km.The high speed probably gives better penetration characteristics compared to light hypersonic missiles, for example, the American Tomahawk. “ Bramos & # 39; & # 39; is twice as heavy and almost 4 times faster, has 32 times the kinetic energy, but it has to pay for it with a relatively short flight range. Despite the fact that the BrahMos was originally created as an anti-ship missile, it can be used against radio contrast objects. detection by radar systems. & nbsp;
Guidance system
The missile has an inertial control system and a radar seeker head/Created by Russian OJSC Concern Granit-Electron, it is similar to the Onyx anti-ship missile. (export name & mdash; Yakhont). It is designed to search, capture and track targets under conditions of electronic suppression, selecting targets based on entered data, receiving and transmitting target coordinates to the system equipment autopilot system on-board control. The homing head locks on the target and extinguishes, while the missile is reduced to 10 yards, making it difficult to detect. In the final phase of the flight, it is again activated for target designation.
Who can take in service?
Since BrahMos structurally similar to the P-800 Onyx missiles, it can replace them as part of a missile system, especially on Project 22350 frigates. South Africa, Egypt, Oman, Brunei, Chile, Brazil and others have shown interest in this weapon at different times. Indonesia. & Nbsp;
Perspective & mdash; hypersonic
The Russian-Indian consortium Brahmos Aerospace will finalize the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile so that it can fly at hypersonic speed, i.e. faster than five numbers of Mach (about 5.7 thousand kilometers per hour). The promising rocket will be fitted with a hypersonic ramjet, which differs from a supersonic motor in materials and a design that provides for a slight deceleration of the oncoming hypersonic airflow. It will take seven to eight years to create a new weapon.
Source :
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx? PRID = 1779134
