BrahMos – one of the most popular and news-making missiles of India, made headlines again.
While previously, BrahMos had undergone various tests, it added one more feather to its cap when it was successfully integrated and test-flown with IAF’s Su-30MKI frontline strike fighter at HAL Airport, Nashikon on June 25, 2016.
With this successful flight, the BrahMos air version programme now inches closer towards actual test firing, when a 2.5-ton Brahmos air-to-ground missile will be fired from the Sukhoi-30 in the coming months.
By the end of this year, IAF will be able to proudly say that it has the BrahMos firepower. BrahMos has demonstrated its capability multiple times and once it is test-fired from the IAF jet once, it will be ready for integration on all other Su-30s immediately.
Integration of BrahMos supersonic missile system on Su-30 MKI will make the world envy Indian Air Force (IAF). This is the most important step in the direction to giving the IAF incredible offensive capability on its frontline fighter aircraft.
Dr Kalam always believed in indigenous defence technology. But with the integration and test-flight of this supersonic missile system on Su-30 MKI, we have become the first in the world to have such a capability. All thanks to the vision of Dr Kalam.
The proud thing to note here is that no other country in the world has a missile system, the likes of BrahMos, integrated on its frontline fighter jets.
The Su-30-BrahMos combination will carry out air combat operations within and beyond visibility range and will provide the IAF with the capability of attacking targets protected by powerful air defence assets deep inside the enemy territory.
