Why in the News?
- Recently, the Air version of BrahMos was test-fired from Sukhoi 30 MKI supersonic fighter aircraft.
BrahMosÂ
- About:
- Named after the Brahmaputra river of India and Moskva river of Russia.
- BrahMos is a Joint Venture between India (DRDO) and Russia (NPOM) for the development, production and marketing of the supersonic cruise missile.
- Features:
- It is a 2 stage missile with solid propellant (Stage 1) which gives it supersonic speed and liquid ramjet (Stage 2) increase its speed to Mach 3 in the cruise phase.
- It has a flight range of 290km.
- It operates on the ‘Fire and Forget’ principle i.e it does not require further guidance after launch.
- It can be fired from land, warships, submarines and Sukhoi-30 fighter jets.
- They fly within the earth’s atmosphere and use jet engine technology.
- They can be categorised according to size, speed(subsonic, supersonic, hypersonic), range, and the launch platform(land, aircraft, warship, submarine).
Source: TH
