BrahMos-II
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BrahMos-II or BrahMos-2 or BrahMos Mark II is a hypersonic scramjet-propelled missile currently under joint development by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation and Russia's NPO Mashinostroyenia, which have together formed BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited. The BrahMos-II is expected to have a range of and a speed of Mach 8. During the cruise stage of flight, the missile will be propelled by a scramjet airbreathing jet engine. Other details, including production cost and physical dimensions of the missile, are yet to be published.
Key facts
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.name
- BrahMos-II
- Weapon.image
- A scaled down model of Brahmos-II at Aero India 2013.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- A scaled down model of Brahmos-II at Aero India 2013
- Weapon.type
- Hypersonic Cruise missileAir-launched cruise missileAnti-ship missileLand-attack missileSurface-to-surface missile
- Weapon.designer
- Defence Research and Development Organisation NPO Mashinostroyenia
- Weapon.manufacturer
- BrahMos Aerospace Limited
- Weapon.unit_cost
- $12.5 million (est.)
- Weapon.engine
- Scramjet
- Weapon.launch_platform
- Ship, submarine, aircraft and land-based mobile launchers.
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- cruise missile
- Named after
- Moskva River
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Manufacturer
- BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited
- Official website
- www.brahmos.com
- Image
- A scaled down model of Brahmos-II at Aero India 2013.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Testing
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BrahMos-II or BrahMos-2 or BrahMos Mark II is a hypersonic scramjet-propelled missile currently under joint development by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation and Russia's NPO Mashinostroyenia, which have together formed BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited. The BrahMos-II is expected to have a range of and a speed of Mach 8. During the cruise stage of flight, the missile will be propelled by a scramjet airbreathing jet engine. Other details, including production cost and physical dimensions of the missile, are yet to be published.
The planned operational range of the BrahMos-II had initially been restricted to 290 kilometres as Russia is a signatory to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which prohibits it from helping other countries develop missiles with ranges above . However, subsequent to India becoming a MTCR signatory in 2014, the parameters for Brahmos 2 will get enhanced. Its top speed will be double that of the current BrahMos-I, and it has been described as the fastest cruise missile in the world.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “BrahMos-II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.