BrahMos has been successfully tested for the first time from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) at Bay of Bengal
- BrahMos is the world's fastest supersonic cruise missile
- The missile is expected to have a range close to 300 km.
- It is now capable of being launched from land, sea and air, completing the tactical cruise missile triad for India
- The missile weighings 2.5 tonnes.
- It is the heaviest weapon to be deployed on India's Su-30 fighter aircraft modified to carry weapons.
- BrahMos is named after the rivers Moscow and Brahmaputra
- It is world's only supersonic cruise missile which was built as an India-Russia collaboration.
- It is developed by joint-venture between Russia’s Mashinostroyenia and India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
- It operates on ‘fire and forget principal’ and is capable of being launched from land, sea, sub-sea and air against sea and land targets..
