Posted on 02/02/2007 2:39:59 AM PST by HAL9000
Tiruchirapalli, Feb 2 (ANI): Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of the Delhi based BrahMos Aerospace Centre A Sivathanu Pillai said here that India and Russia are working towards developing a Hypersonic Cruise Missile, a more advanced version of the BrahMos.Calling India a leader in the category of the supersonic missile system owing to the success of the BrahMos Cruise Missiles, Pillai, who is also the Chief Controller of the Research and Development wing of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), reiterated that the leadership can be sustained through mutual efforts.
The 2.8 Mach supersonic speed makes the BrahMos unique as all other cruise missiles are sub-sonic at present. It has a much-longer strike range, and is an ultimate force-multiplier.
Pillai also added that India was also contemplating configuring a new weapon system which would be more advanced than Brahmos. Pillai said Russian Defence Minister Sergei Borisvich Ivanov, during his visit to India in January had held discussions on the ways and means to go beyond BrahMos.
The discussions were on the lines of sustainability and strength to be introduced in the current line of production.
Both partners are looking at improvised and advanced features in the new weapon system which includes pin-pointed accuracy on various types of targets, user-friendly design, more commercial viability and greater cost-effectiveness.
The plan which will bring together specialized panels of experts from both countries, hopes to get crystallised in another six to twelve months, added Pillai.
Pillai also confirmed that an under-sea launch version of BrahMos was ready to be test fired.
Considering the huge market for cruise missiles, it was decided during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi during the Republic Day parade, to sell at least 1000 of the jointly-developed BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to friendly countries in the near future. The export version will basically be the anti-ship variant of the 290-kilometre range BrahMos, already inducted into Indian Navy. (ANI)
The 2.8 Mach supersonic speed makes the BrahMos unique as all other cruise missiles are sub-sonic at present. It has a much-longer strike range, and is an ultimate force-multiplier. ==
It is very old news. I hear about this Bramos missile more then 5 years already. Accually it is just export-like adaptation of russian Yahont missile which was commisisoned in service long time ago.
Serving on a ship in a war between technological equals would be a nightmare.
Eventually, we may need to deploy space-based hypersonic weapons to maintain our advantage.
"It is very old news."
If this is old news RusIvan, what is the new news?
In other words, do you all have a more advanced
version of this 2.8 Mach?
Just curious.
Hopefully we can always maintain enough of a technological edge to keep some adventurous little pissant (sorry pissant)country from taking severely damaging pot-shots at us or our carriers. Such a thing could come about with the pissant country acting as proxy for some larger "friend".
Ever since the cold war we have been having this arms-race. We still have enemies, though the State Department would, of course, argue that point (even though they have usually been among the biggest aiders and abettors of said enemies). Whose favorite weapon and method of rule was terror, during the Cold War (more than one answer)?
Some day we may be pushed into fighting a war that we actually have to win. Odds are, though, we will surrender before that comes about
Jane Fonda (et. al.) would argue that if we only would have surrendered to the beneficent Communists, decades ago, we would not have a terrorist problem today.
Anyone else notice how long it took for terrorism to become our number-one problem after the fall of the Soviet System.
In other words, do you all have a more advanced version of this 2.8 Mach? ==
http://www.enemyforces.com/missiles/yahont.htm This one is on service long time. But there are the more advanced classified one.
Thanks. I appreciate the feedback.
Have you seen the classified types or are you speculating regarding the "classified one?"
The JSSCM is in testing. The RATTLRS (a Navy iniative) is undergoing sled testing now.
The first US ss cruise missle, the Navaho (SM-64) was tested in 1953 (yes, 1953). The US went with ICBMs instead, so the system was scrapped.
The RGM-15 Regulus II (1956) was a ss cruise missle.
So, India, welcome to the club, even if it took - what 54 years - to get here.
FWIW, SSCM have issues with targeting, updates and guidance. Care to bet the Indian sscm system uses GPS as part of its NAV system?
When are they going to develop toilets for the whole population ?? or good roads ?? or make sure that the 53% of children are not malnourished ??
I mean to ask about India...As russians are very honourable people I have no opinion about them...
Thanks ASOC for your feedback.
I appreciate it.
A Mach 5 cruise missile? Good luck. Of course when you have a Mach5 cruise missile you also have a Mach5 interceptor.
Have you seen the classified types or are you speculating regarding the "classified one?" ==
No I didn't see them personally. Just had met some rumors on the russian web forums.
Ok, thanks.
If im not mistaken,the Soviets tested their first SSCMs around the same time too-though they would stick with the concept.& both sides were helped by data from Nazi work on cruise missiles.
And anyway,the Brahmos is not an Indian developed weapon.It's rather a tweaked version of the the Russian Yakhont missile with Indian electronics-Russia needed the cash & India the weapon.So save the Indians the late welcome.
About using the US GPS,well India & Russia recently agreed to "revitalise" the Russian GLONASS,with a complete constellation of around 20+ satellites by 2010.India is still not of the list of potential participants for the EU's Galileo GPS system either.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
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