The second BrahMos supersonic cruise missile regiment was inducted into the Indian Army in the western sector bordering Pakistan. A successful test of the 290 Km range missile was also conducted in order to validate the unit’s operationalization.
BrahMos
- Developed as a joint venture b/we the DRDO-India and the NPOM-Russia (Federal State Unitary Enterprise NPO Mashinostroyenia, Russia) under BrahMos Aerospace
- Missile named after two rivers, the Brahmaputra (India) and the Moskva(Russia).
- Capability of attacking surface targets by flying as low as 10 metres above the ground.
- It can reach a speed of Mach 2.8 (~3 times the speed of sound).