Extended Range Version of BrahMos Missile

  • Recently, DRDO has planned for the development of an extended range version of BrahMos missile. The successful testing of the 400-km range of BrahMos was conducted in September 2020.
  • A hypersonic version of the missile which flies at over five times the speed of sound is under progress and the target is to test an 800-km range BrahMos next year.
  • The team is also working on a 1,500-km range land-based missile.

Key Features of BrahMos Missile

  • The BrahMos missile is the product of a joint venture between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyeniya in 1998. It ....
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