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New Delhi - India successfully test-fired an indigenously developed interceptor missile on Thursday, news reports said. The Advanced Air-Defence (ADD) missile, which has the capacity to destroy incoming hostile ballistic missiles, was fired from the a test range located off the coast of eastern Orissa state, PTI news agency reported quoting defence officials. The interceptor missile was used to destroy a target missile which was a modified version of India's Prithvi ballistic missile. During an earlier trial on Sunday, the ADD missile successfully intercepted an electronic target. Authorities in Balasore district, where the test range is located, evacuated all civilians...

Smooth Test Of India-Russia Missile Will Boost Buyers MOSCOW, April 25 (Bernama) -- Another successful testing of the Indian-Russian BrahMos missile will increase the number of potential importer countries for the missile, Arms-Tass learnt by phone on Tuesday from head of the BrahMos Aerospace Company, Dr Sivathanu Pillai. According to the company head, the Indian military and specialists are fully satisfied with the results of the regular 14th test of the BrahMos missile, which took place last Sunday at the Chandipur proving ground, located on the Gulf of Bengal coast in the Indian Orissa State. "It was the last test...

Indonesia evinces interest in Brahmos missile NEW DELHI, APR 10 (PTI) After Malaysia, another ASEAN nation, Indonesia, has evinced keen interest in acquiring Brahmos supersonic cruise missile, especially its ship-to-land versions. A visit to the Brahmos complex here was the highlight of a tour by Indonesian Navy chief Admiral Siamet Soebijanto. Indonesia has taken keen interest in the cruise missile developed by India and Russia. On a three-day visit here, the Indonesian Naval chief had a meeting with the Defence Minister A K Antony after talks with his Indian counterpart Admiral Sureesh Mehta. Soebijanto was also given a detailed briefing...

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...

Islamabad, Feb. 12: Pakistan today condemned anti-ship cruise missile test by India, calling it a sign of extremism deliberately timed to attract minimal world attention. "India is an extremist country and it is dying to display its armament," Pakistan's Information Minister Sheikh Rashid was quoted as saying in an agency report. This test comes at a time when the world is facing a serious crisis and all countries are looking towards Iraq, the agency further quoted the minister as saying. "India has chosen this time deliberately, so it goes almost unnoticed," the minister is reported to have alleged.

July 11, 2006: The Indian army has activated it's first BrahMos cruise missile battalion. The PJ-10 BrahMos missiles are carried, three to a truck, on a vehicle which also acts as a launcher. The 3.2 ton missile has a range of 300 kilometers and has a 660 pound warhead. Perhaps the most striking characteristic of the BrahMos is its high speed, literally faster (at up to 3,000 feet per second) than a rifle bullet. India and Russia developed the weapon together, and also offer the BrahMos for export. The high price of each missile, about $2.3 million, restricts the number...

New Delhi (Rahul Dutta) The government has given the go-ahead to the Army to raise a regiment of Brahmos missile thereby giving India a definite edge over Pakistan in conventional warfare. The decision to raise the Brahmos missile, jointly developed and produced by India and Russia, was taken by the recently held CCS, sources said here on Thursday. The Government has given the go-ahead to the Army to raise a regiment of Brahmos missile thereby giving India a definite edge over Pakistan in conventional warfare. The regiment to be raised in the ongoing Tenth Five-year plan period 2002-2007 will have...

2. Cooperation between the two countries in the field of Defence continues to be one of the most active directions of development. Will the same attention be paid to this sphere in future too? India-Russia relations in defence and military-technical cooperation are mutually beneficial and have deep roots. Our military technical cooperation is growing from strength to strength. It has transcended a buyer-seller relationship. India and Russia have now graduated to joint design, development and production. The jointly developed "BrahMos" missile is a glowing example of the new dimensions of Indo-Russian cooperation in this sphere. India and Russia have also...

India has successfully tested a supersonic cruise missile developed in cooperation with Russia. Defense officials say the Brahmos anti-ship missile was fired from the Chandipur testing range in the eastern Orissa state. The missile has a range of about 300 kilometers and can carry a 200 kilogram conventional warhead. It travels at twice the speed of sound and can be launched from ships, submarines, aircraft and land-based platforms. Officials say both India and Russia plan to induct the missiles into their armed forces after sufficient tests. This is the fourth time the missile has been tested. India and Russia jointly...

With India signing a pact with Russia to purchase the S-400 missile defence system, Washington has informally conveyed to Delhi that it could avoid sanctions under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) if India were to give an assurance that it would buy the F-16 fighter aircraft from the United States. Not keen on buying an aircraft already in service with Pakistan, India has refused to give any such assurance till date. The fallout of the Trump administration’s reaction to the S-400 deal featured in the wide-ranging discussion between Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and US counterpart James Mattis...

INS Rajput firing a BrahMos missile. Wikimedia Commons/Indian Navy While many of us remain mesmerized by the unfolding shambles in the Middle East, the world’s two most populous countries have gotten into a tiff over missiles. And I’m not referring to the ballistic kind for once. “India deploying supersonic missiles on the border has exceeded its own needs for self-defense and poses a serious threat to China’s Tibet and Yunnan provinces,” complained the People’s Liberation Army Daily. “The deployment of BrahMos missile is bound to increase the competition and antagonism in the China–India relations and will have a negative impact...

India tested today an air-launched version of the BrahMos-A supersonic attack missile on an Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi Su-30 MKI aircraft. The missile was not launched on this test, as the carriage flight was designed to test the weapon’s aircraft integration. Following the initial flight tests on board the Su-30 MKI aircraft the first air-launch of the BrahMos-A missile is expected later this year. If successful, this planned flight test will verify the developer’s simulations, assuring the safe separation and initiation of the missile. “A single test-fire from the aircraft will be enough. BrahMos has demonstrated its capability multiple...

China has showcased a dummy model of new CX-1 anti-ship missile at Zhuhai Air Show. Missile looks similar to Russian P-800 Oniks , its the same missile upon which Indo-Russian Brahmos cruise missile has been based . Chinese forums puts specification of the missile has Supersonic Cruise missile with range of 50 km to 290 km . Missile will be supersonic speed on all phases of flight, and will be able to use wide range of platforms (ships, submarines and land-based launchers), will have low profile flight (sea-skimming), possible use of the missile in electronic countermeasures environment and under enemy...

Supersonic Cruise Missile in Development South Korea is developing a supersonic cruise missile that can be used to attack aircraft carriers, Aegis ships and up-to-date destroyers. "Think tanks like the Agency for Defense Development have been developing a supersonic anti-ship cruise missile for some years now. They're expected to complete development in three to four years at the earliest," a government source said Tuesday. The missile under development is modeled after Russia's powerful Yakhont missile, which is 8.9 m long and weighs 3 tons, but will be smaller, the source added. It will be able to reach speeds of up...

India successfully testfired its submarine-launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile for the first time on Wednesday in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of the southern port city of Visakhapatnam, a top official said. "The submarine-launched version of BrahMos was successfully testfired from an underwater pontoon near Visakhapatnam in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. This is the first testfiring of an underwater supersonic cruise missile anywhere in the world and the missile traveled its complete range of over 290 km," Head of BrahMos A. Sivathanu Pillai told the media. With the testfiring, India became the world's first...

NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday successfully test-fired a highly manoeuvrable version of the 290-km range supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from a naval warship off the coast of Vizag in the Bay of Bengal. "At 9.30 am, the missile blasted off in a pre-designated war scenario taking a 'double-manoeuvre in S-form' hitting the designated target ship just one meter above water line. The sheer velocity and power of the hit made the missile rip through the ship's hull," BrahMos Aerospace CEO Sivathanu Pillai said on Wednesday. This is the 34th launch of BrahMos after the successful October launch from INS Teg...

Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION Hypersonic missile threat 'Carrier killers' could destroy U.S. Navy's supremacy at sea By: Tom Simko Posted: 01/8/2011 1:00 AM | Comments: 0 In a replay of cold war rivalries, a new missile race is shaping up but this time America and Russia are joined by India and China. All of these countries are rushing to develop hypersonic anti-ship missiles that threaten to reshape naval warfare and alter global balances of power. It's all about who can design the fastest missiles with the latest engine technology. American Tomahawk cruise missiles are powered by conventional turbofans,...

India has introduced into its Armed forces the new BrahMos missile, the head of the BrahMos Aerospace company, Sivathanu Pillai, told RIA Novosti news agency today. Established in 1998, BrahMos Aerospace, a joint Indian-Russian venture, produces and markets BrahMos supersonic missiles. The sea-based and land-based versions have been successfully tested and put into service with the Indian Army and Navy. Earlier in the day, Russia's security chief, Nikolai Patrushev, visited the BrahMos plant in Hyderabad, where the new missile is produced. The missile, known as BrahMos Block-2, has a top speed of over Mach 5, which makes it virtually impossible...

A joint Russian-Indian company has started the development of a cruise missile capable of flying at Mach 5, which will make it 'impossible to intercept'. BrahMos-2 will be the next generation of the highly successful the BrahMos missile already used by Indian military.

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...