Posted on 04/21/2010 10:04:19 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The Indian Air Force is planning to arm its Su-30MKI fighter aircraft with 40 BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile, said Dr AS Pillai, CEO & MD BrahMos Aerospace as reported by RIA Novosti.
"The inclusion of BRAHMOS cruise missile will make the aircraft unique in firepower," said Dr Pillai at the Defence Services Asia-2010 exhibition here, in an interview with the Russian news agency.
He also added that the first trials of the air-launched version were set for 2011 and the first test-flight with the missile on-board are scheduled for 2012.
The supersonic cruise missile has a range of 290-km and flies at a speed of 2.8 Mach.
The BRAHMOS missile is a successful Joint Venture between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroeyenia who have together to form the BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.
(Excerpt) Read more at brahmand.com ...
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It travels at speeds of Mach 2.5 to 2.8. It is about three-and-a-half times faster than the U.S.A’s subsonic Harpoon cruise missile. A hypersonic version of the missile is also presently under development (Lab Tested with 5.26 Mach Speed).
http://www.india-defence.com/reports/4171
http://www.domain-b.com/aero/mil_avi/miss_muni/20080513_hypersonic_version.html
You are correct
Ought to be a formidable pairing. The sophistication of the tracking/guidance system is obviously as critical as the speed, but I would imagine it’s up to snuff, too.
It’s actually 40 SU-30s being armed with Brahmos missiles. You can only sling one Brahmos on the SU-30 since it’s too big.
I can see the single Brahmos, the 2 R-77s, and the 4 R-73s. What are the other 2 missiles? Thanks
What gave away the Brahmos?
It’s sheer phallicity :)
If you think so, you should see the earlier version of that model:
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