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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

IAF to receive BrahMos Missiles by 2012

Air-launched BhahMosIt is time for the Indian Air Force to take some more lessons in Artillery with its top brass accepting the extensive use of ground-to-ground supersonic missiles for neutralising enemy defence systems just before raiding their assets as a strategic option.

The idea is to pulverise all types of perceived threat and challenges to aircraft from target area with a view to minimising hostility to Indian fighters. With this thinking gaining currency, the Indian Air Force has decided to go one more step forward by installing a battery of its own supersonic cruise missiles to gain that killer edge.

Though IAF was relying on Prithvi missiles, the system is now under the command of the Strategic Forces Command. With BrahMos entering its inventory, IAF has become the first Air Force in the world to operate supersonic ground-to-ground missiles.

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