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BrahMos missile deal

January 4 , 2022 866 days 697 0
  • India and the Philippines are set to formally seal a government-to-government BrahMos deal.
  • A number of countries including Indonesia and many in the Gulf region have shown interest in procuring the missile.
  • BrahMos Aerospace is an India-Russian joint venture.
  • It produces supersonic cruise missiles that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or land platforms.
  • It is the only supersonic cruise missile in the World that flies at a speed of 2.8 Mach or almost three times the speed of sound.
  • The variant to be exported is likely to have a range of around 290 kilometres.

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