After BrahMos missiles strike fear in Pakistan, India to load up Navy, Air Force with more of them

During Operation Sindoor, India's supersonic cruise missile BrahMos is said to have caused significant damage to Pakistani targets, including airbases, army cantonments, and terror camps. The success of the missile—jointly developed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyenia, and can be launched from land, sea and air—in the operation against Pakistan appeared to have prompted India's defence forces to place mega orders for the same.

 

According to news agency ANI, a high-level meeting of the defence ministry is likely to grant clearance to large BrahMos deals for both the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force.

 

While the Indian Navy will place an order for the ship-launched variant of the Brahmos for the warships, the IAF will seek procurement of ground and air-launched versions of the missiles.

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The ANI report stated that the Navy will equip its Veer-class warship, also known as the Veer-class corvette, with the missile, and the Indian Air Force is ordering them for the Russian fighter jet Su-30 MK1.

 

The first supersonic cruise missile known to be in service, Brahmos, which operates on the 'Fire and Forget' principle, has already been inducted into India's tri-services. The missile has an identical configuration for land, sea and sub-sea platforms and carries a conventional warhead weighing 200 to 300 kgs. 

 

A few days ago,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi had claimed that India's BrahMos missile instilled such fear that people in Pakistan cannot sleep peacefully even in their dreams.

 

He had also said  BrahMos missiles will soon be manufactured in Lucknow.

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