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India tests BrahMos cruise missile at MTCR-busting range of 400 km

While the current test was restricted to 400 km, it is a signal that the BrahMos could be built for far longer ranges in the future, limited only by its fuel carriage.

After long development plan, BrahMos comes into its own

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The BrahMos is regarded as one of the world’s premier cruise missiles, with its supersonic speed of 2.8 Mach (almost 3,000 kmph) making it extremely difficult for enemy fighters to intercept and shoot down

Ajai Shukla New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Sep 30 2020 | 10:35 PM IST

Indo-Russian joint venture (JV) firm BrahMos Aerospace on Wednesday successfully tested an extended range version of the BrahMos cruise missile. While the existing version of the missile has a maximum range of 290 kilometres (km), the BrahMos fired on Wednesday struck a target more than 400 km away.

Since the JV was founded in 1998 to develop, manufacture and market the BrahMos cruise missile, India and Russia have adhered to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which prohibits the transfer of missiles, or missile technology, with ranges beyond 300 km to non-member states. However, with India having become a MTCR member

Topics : Brahmos missile Rajnath Singh Defence ministry

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