BrahMos and Brahmos-M on display at DefExpo 2014, New Delhi.
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Type | Supersonic cruise missile |
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Place of origin | India Russia |
Service history | |
In service | November 2006 |
Used by | Indian Army Indian Navy Indian Airforce (awaiting) |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | DRDO NPO Mashinostroeyenia |
Unit cost | US$ 2.73 million |
Variants | Surface-launched Submarine-launched Air-launched BrahMos-II |
Specifications | |
Weight | 3,000 kg 2,500 kg (air-launched) |
Length | 8.4 m |
Diameter | 0.6 m |
Warhead | 200–300 kg conventional semi-armour-piercing and nuclear |
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Engine | First stage: solid propellant booster Second stage: liquid-fueled ramjet |
Operational
range |
Approx. 300–500 km |
Flight ceiling | 15 km] |
Flight altitude | Sea-skimming, as low as 3–4 meters |
Speed | Mach 2.8–3.0 |
Guidance
system |
Mid-course guidance by INS Terminal guidance by homing radar seeker GPS/GLONASS/GAGAN satellite guidance using G3OM |
Accuracy | 1 m[7] |
Launch
platform |
Ship, submarine, aircraft and land-based mobile launchers |