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Surgical precision

India Today (April 03, 2009)                                                                           Print This News
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NEW DELHI: The Indian Army just helped itself to a little more long-range muscle. With two successful tests of the Block-2 version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in Pokhran, the army now has the capability to hit targets with minimum collateral damage.

The existing variants of the 290-km Indo-Russian BrahMos missiles, which form one missile group in the army, are like sledgehammers.

They fly at twice the speed of sound and a 300-kg warhead means the massive three-tonne missile can never be used in a populated area without the possibility of causing massive collateral damage.

Following the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and the possibility of surgical strikes across the border, this matters. Thanks to higher computing speeds, BrahMos Block-2 is able to distinguish between a clutter of targets and home in on a single target. Or, as an army official puts it, “get a sledgehammer to perform the work of a scalpel”.

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  • "Every Indian takes pride when he hears that the BrahMos missile 'Made in India' is considered the deadliest and the most advanced in its category. For many countries, the BrahMos missile has emerged as their preferred choice" - Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

  • "The traditional partnership between India & Russia has been tested by the time and time and it is the most important stabilizing factor, not only for the asian region, but for the whole world" - Mr Vladimir Putin, President of Russia

  • "Time has come for BrahMos Aerospace to work on Mark-II version of BRAHMOS so that we will still be the market leader in hypersonic cruise missiles." - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India

  • "In Geopolitics, only a strong Nation can advocate peace. And a powerful weapon like BRAHMOS can give strength to India to advocate peace in the world" - Dr. A.S. Pillai, Founder CEO & MD BrahMos Aerospace

  • "BrahMos is not only a successful Joint Venture but also a model for cooperation which has immense political value for our two countries" - Mr. Dmitry Rogozin