[Tarpon]

Yep, really big gas tank or really short range. 300 km is not far enough to do an effective job for a cruise missile. Why not just fire a rocket? Tomahawk is somewhere in the 1000-2500 km range. Methinks, that's why they are called cruise missiles. The Russians are really good at designing "headline weapons" that for the most part don't work, or don't do what the designers intended.

I wonder what the turn radius is when jogging down the mountain pass, or cruising around a city skyline.

But you know, if you can't do stealth, hey, why not try headlines. Stealth is a far better solution.

My guess, they probably can't reach speed of light. The next big thing in weapons, shoot it down with a laser. If you can't find it you can't hit it, and isn't that why stealth is the answer?

[sukhoi-30mki]

I think a lot of folks want to define cruise missiles solely in terms of range-which is goes against what the scientific definition of a cruise missile.

About the Brahmos, firstly it’s an anti-ship missile with secondary ground attack capability. So it’s not on the same plane as the Tomahawk and is not intended to be. It’s advertised as being stealthy with sea-skimming capabilities-which we need to wait and watch for. About it’s range-the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) mandates that weapons sold to or developed with non-signatories (like India) should not have a range in excess of 300km or a warhead larger than 500km.