BRAMOS DEAL WITH PHILIPPINES

      BRAHMOS DEAL WITH PHILIPPINES

BrahMos missile's supply: Indian signs key pact with Philippines for sale of 'defence equipment'

  • India on Tuesday signed a key pact with the Philippines for the sale of "Defence material and equipment", which are likely to include BrahMos  cruise missiles.
  • Philippines Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, who was also present at the pact's signing ceremony in Manila, has repotedly said that his country is buying BrahMos missiles.

Technical Specification

  • Maximum range:400+km
  • Velocity              :Mach 2.8
  • Weight                :2.5 tonnes

Special Features

  • Universal for multiple platform
  • "Fire and Forget" principle of operation
  • Long flight range with varieties of flight trajectories
  • Low radar signature
  • Shorter flight times leading to lower targets dispersion and quicker engagement
  • Pin point accuracy with high lethal power aided by larger kinetic energy on impact

IAF is the first Air Force in the world to have successfully fired an air launched 2.8 Mach surface attack missile in this category

Complex algorithms for separation of missile from aircraft was indigenously developed by DRDO'S Research Centre.

India successfully test-fired the air variant of BrahMos missile from a Suhkoi-30MKI fighter jet. with this test the country has completed tests of the cruise missile tried for land, sea and air variants.

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