BRAHMOS IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY LEAD MISSILE OF INDIA AND CAN BE OPERATED FROM LAND,AIR AND SEA WHICH GIVES INDIA A GREAT ADVANTAGE OVER OTHER COUNTRIES ESPECIALLY CHINA.
IT IS ALSO THE FASTEST CRUISE MISSILE IN THE WORLD PRODUCED IN INDIA WITH PARTNESHIP OF RUSSIA. WELL THE MISSILE IS SIGNIFICANTLY TRIED AND TESTED AND HAS A RANGE THAT CAN ABSORB CERTAIN CITIES OF CHINA.
The missile system is” all in one “ which means missile system much advanced. The BrahMos – a short-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from aircraft , land , ships ,submarine. … Brahmos can take out important cities of china.
The BrahMos is actually slightly faster at Mach 2.8 than the P-800. It also weighs twice as much as a Tomahawk, at six thousand pounds.
The combination of twice the weight and four times greater speed as a Tomahawk result in vastly more kinetic energy when striking the target. Despite having a smaller warhead, the effects on impact are devastating.
Even more importantly, the BrahMos’s ability to maintain supersonic speeds while skimming at low altitude makes it very difficult to detect and intercept. To cap it off, the BrahMos performs an evasive “S-maneuver” shortly before impact, making it difficult to shoot down at close range.
If the attack is launched within 120 kilometers of the target, it can skim at very low altitude the entire way to the target. While missiles can be detected earlier if benefiting from AWACs aircraft, a ship would likely detect a sea-skimming missile at range of only thirty kilometers, affording the vessel only a thirty second time window to respond. One intriguing analysis argues that a U.S. Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, with its layered air defenses, could not handle more twelve BrahMos missiles at once and that an entire carrier battle group would be saturated by more than sixty-four.
BrahMos is a very costly missile. Unit cost is around $3 million or Rs. 20 crores for a piece. Each BrahMos missile can carry 300 kg of explosives. Media sources say IAF hits 5 to 6 target which means around 3000 kg of ordnance being used. Means we need to fire 10 units of BrahMos missile. So the total cost rises up to Rs. 200 crores for BrahMos missile attack plus other operational costs.
The SPICE 1000 (500 kg) bomb costs around $0.5 million or Rs. 3 crores for a piece. 6 targets or 3000 kg means 6 units of the bomb. Total cost: Rs. 18 crores + other operational costs.