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India to develop BrahMos-II missile

Headlines Today (August 03, 2009)                                                                           Print This News
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NEW DELHI: India's weapons programme took its next big step as the government on Monday cleared a multi-billion dollar project to develop a hypersonic cruise missile for the Indian defence forces.

Headlines Today got the first insider impression of what the missile will finally look like. To be called BrahMos-II, the cruise missile will fly at screaming velocities well over six times the speed of sound on hypersonic scramjet technology.

It is being jointly developed by India and Russia. The enormous energy of such a fast moving missile will provide India with a brilliant weapon against deeply buried enemy nuclear bunkers and heavily protected locations.

And as a result of its phenomenal speed, target locations will have almost no time to react to an attack. The BrahMos-II will quite simply be India's most technologically advanced weapon, and will be built for delivery from land, sea as well as from aircraft.

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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