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Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Induction of air version of BrahMos by 2012

brahmos airThe Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, BrahMos Aerospace, New Delhi, A. Sivathanu Pillai, on Monday said that the work related to air version of the Supersonic BrahMos Cruise Missile was in the advanced stage.

The missile had been realised and necessary changes had been incorporated in it, Dr.Pillai, also the Chief Controller (Research & Development) Defence Research and Development Organisation told reporters in an informal chat in the city.

Modifications were required to be made on the Sukhoi 30 MKI multi-role combat aircraft to carry out flight tests for the air version of the missile.

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  1. Pete6/9/09 15:22

    The threat of an air launched nuclear tipped BrahMos looks tailormade (in terms of range and speed) for many scenerios aginst Pakistan.

    It (while on the Su is recallable) but its very quick once launched.

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