APJ Abdul Kalam, the legend who always made India proud on every place he denoted India, once again got mentioned in the field of defense. Well Brahmos and Kalam, both are pride of nation got recently in news with missile man of India, giving his name to new variant of Brahmos cruise missile. Kalam was the man behind the guided missile’s project and contributed a lot in arming defence forces.
Recently, the government disclosed its move to name the upcoming supersonic BrahMos II cruise missile after APJ Abdul Kalam (Missile man of India). According to the BrahMos CEO, the name is finalized and will be given when the missile will get ready. He also briefed that BrahMos is the part of vision of Kalam and this step of naming will surely inspire new generation to come forward in this sector.
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The project commenced during the Aero India 2015, when Indian scientists in Bengaluru and Russian scientists in Moscow started working on BrahMos hypersonic cruise missile. Currently, the status of the project has reached a stage of trails of air version of BrahMos, which was reported to be done using Sukhoi jet. The project is heading to a bright future of India and will make India, the first nation to develop hypersonic missile. Brahmos II missile will be the fastest cruise missile which can attain a speed of 7-8 mach.
BRAHMOS
BrahMos was made by Indian and Russian defense agencies aiming to bolster the ties and relation as well as to touch new heights in defense constructions. The missile is world’s fastest cruise missile in operation
Key Points of BrahMos Missile:-
- It was developed by DRDO of India and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) of Russia.
- The missile got its name after two rivers namely Brahmaputra and Moskva.
- It can fly at an altitude of 14,000 mtrs.
- Can run at a speed of 2.8 Mach., with range of 290 km.
- It is a two-stage missile which use solid propellant for 1st stage and liquid propellant for 2nd stage
- The ramjet propulsion of BrahMos makes its fuel efficient and giving longer range to the missile
- The air version of missile has got some extra wings and a small booster.
Conclusion
India is running on the path of development with more focus on indigenous production. Well the records say that Indian defense import has been dipped from 2 years with the hike in indigenous production. More over ‘Make in India’ seems to be influencing Indian firms and agencies for self-reliant nation. These days India is listing its name in top rankers in various fields like Mangalyan (MOM) and if this Brahmos project got the perfect thrust as expected by the scientists, then India will once again mark its name in defense leading nations. This missile will help India to face future warfare strategies with more perfection.
