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DRDO successfully test fires sea-to-sea variant of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile​

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired an advanced sea-to-sea variant of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile. The missile, launched from the Navy’s recently commissioned stealth guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam on January 11, apparently hit the designated target ship with pinpoint precision.

According to officials familiar with the launch, the sea-to-sea variant of BrahMos was test fired to its maximum range while verifying the accuracy of the ship’s combat system and armament complex. According to a Navy spokesperson, the launch of the missile from a floating platform validates a new capability and enhances the capabilities of the Navy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, while congratulating the scientists working on the BrahMos project, said that the successful launch was a reconfirmation of the robustness of the "Indian Navy’s mission readiness".

A joint collaboration between India and Russia, BrahMos is capable of being launched from land, sea, sub-sea and air against surface- and sea-based targets. The missile flies at a speed of 2.8 Mach or almost three times the speed of sound and can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads of 300 kilogrammes. Although the supersonic cruise missile’s range had been capped at 298 km in tune with stipulations of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), the DRDO, following India’s entry into the MTCR club in June 2016, recently extended and successfully test fired the missile to around 450 km (to be further extended to 600 km).

Last December the air version of BrahMos was test fired from the Indian Air Force’s Sukhoi 30 MK-I aircraft. Several Asian countries have shown a keen interest in BrahMos.
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DRDO successfully test fires sea-to-sea variant of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

The missile was test fired to its maximum range while verifying the accuracy of the combat system and armament complex of INS Visakhapatnam from which it was launched.
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Rajnath Singh's Vietnam visit may add momentum to Brahmos plan

Defence exports and joint collaboration including training and maintenance of defence equipment (both India and Vietnam use Soviet- and Russian-made defence equipment) could top the agenda of the three-day visit, ET has learnt. Vietnam is also interested in purchasing the Brahmos missile jointly produced by India and Russia.​


Amid growing Chinese aggression in the ASEAN region, this is Singh's first trip to South East Asia since the pandemic.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh will likely visit Vietnam in the second week of January to celebrate the golden jubilee of the establishment of diplomatic ties between New Delhi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Defence exports and joint collaboration including training and maintenance of defence equipment (both India and Vietnam use Soviet- and Russian-made defence equipment) could top the agenda of the three-day visit, ET has learnt. Vietnam is also interested in purchasing the Brahmos missile jointly produced by India and Russia.

Amid growing Chinese aggression in the ASEAN region, this is Singh's first trip to South East Asia since the pandemic.

Last year, Singh and his Vietnamese counterpart Sr Lt Gen Phan Van Giang held wide-ranging conversation on implementing the joint defence plan. During the virtual interaction, both ministers reviewed the progress on the current initiatives and expressed commitment to further enhance engagements between the defence forces of the two countries under the framework of India-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (2016) and under the guidance of the Joint Vision for Peace, Prosperity and People signed during the Virtual Summit between the prime ministers of the two countries in December 2020. Both the ministers acknowledged the significance of the Joint Vision Statement of 2015-20 in strengthening defence cooperation engagements between both the countries thus far.

The leaders had agreed to initiate measures to enhance cooperation in the defence industry and technology domain. In a series of tweets following the virtual meet, Singh had termed the relationship between India and Vietnam as "strong and effective". He had said: "India attaches great importance to its bilateral defence cooperation with Vietnam. Both India and Vietnam share a long-standing tradition of helping each other in difficult times. We have achieved substantial progress in defence industry cooperation in recent years."

India and Vietnam had upgraded their ties to the level of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) in 2016 and President of Vietnam's National Assembly visited India in December to celebrate five years of CSP. India's $100 million defence Line of Credit to Vietnam has been utilised for naval equipment. India has been training Vietnamese military personnel and also helping them with maintenance of some defence products.



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BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, with enhanced capability, successfully test-fired off Odisha coast​

Posted On: 20 JAN 2022 3:42PM by PIB Delhi
BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, with increased indigenous content and improved performance, was successfully test-fired from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha at 1030 hrs on January 20, 2022. The launch was conducted by Brahmos Aerospace in close coordination with the teams of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). In this text-book flight, the missile followed the predicted trajectory meeting all mission objectives.

The flight test is a major milestone in the way forward for BrahMos programme. The highly manouverable missile cruised at supersonic speed for its maximum range and all mission objectives were met. The missile was equipped with the advanced indigenous technologies and followed a modified optimal trajectory for enhanced efficiency and improved performance. The missile with the modified control system has been fine tuned to achieve an enhanced capability. This flight test was monitored by all the sensors of the range instrumentation including telemetry, radar and electro-optical tracking systems deployed across the eastern coast and the down range ships.

Teams from DRDO and NPOM, Russia participated in the test. BrahMos Aerospace, the joint venture between DRDO and NPOM, Russia, has been continuously upgrading the powerful, highly versatile BrahMos to increase its effectiveness and lethality against sea and land targets. BrahMos is the potent missile weapon system already inducted into the Armed Forces.
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This is interesting, NPOM was part of the test and the NOTAM is for 750+ Km.

Russian news agency TASS has reported the development of P-800 Oniks extended range version before:
MOSCOW, September 25. /TASS/. Russia’s Research and Production Association of Machine-Building has developed a sea-launched cruise missile with the 800km range capability and the increased accuracy of striking naval and ground targets, with its flight tests to begin in coming months, two sources in the defense industry told TASS on Wednesday.

"The operational Oniks cruise missile has been used as the basis to develop a new version, the Oniks-M, with the 800km maximum range capability," one of the sources told TASS.

As the source specified, "the missile is outfitted with the improved control system and will be capable of striking both naval and ground targets with greater accuracy." Also, the missile’s protection against electronic counter-measures has been improved, the source added.
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