Mini BrahMos May Enter Service in 2017
The work on a mini version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile produced by Russia and India is at the initial stage. The missile may be adopted in 2017. This statement was made by Sivathanu Pillai, Director General of BrahMos Aerospace Company.

“It is essential to reduce the weight of a missile to be installed on a fighter jet. The small version got the name of BrahMos-M. After work on a detail design and an initial configuration of the missile is completed, we will start developing the missile,” Mr. Pillai stated, adding that the weight of the advanced missile will be 1.5 tons and its length will be equal to 6 meters. It will be designed for Su-30MKI and MiG-29 fighter jets.

It should noted that the first launch of the aviation BrahMos rocket (BrahMos-A) is scheduled for June 2014. The Su-30MKI fighter armed with this missile will be ready in September 2015. The Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos was founded in 1998. The company acts as a technological partner of India’s first naval and shipbuilding exhibition NAMEXPO-2013.
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