India: BrahMos Aerospace is a collaboration between Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) of India and NPO Mashinostroyenia of Russia for the development and manufacturing of BrahMos missile series.
Indian Navy's BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile will be replaced with BrahMos-II hypersonic cruise missile.
India will test its first indigenous Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) developed by DRDO in August 2020. According to Rane, the first flight test of BrahMos-II may take five or six years.
Tsircon and BrahMos II may share technology
According to Rane, both the Indian and Russian sides are working on the design of the hypersonic version. Rane reportedly said that it is "possible" that the BrahMos-II will share some features with Russia's Tsirkon missile when asked by TASS.
"Everyone on the planet is working on a hypersonic cruise missile." The US and China are working on hypersonic cruise missiles. However, they don't have it yet.
As far as I know, no one in the world has a hypersonic cruise missile. "Russia claims to have test-fired the Tsirkon hypersonic antiship cruise missile developed by NPO Mashinostroeniya," Rane said.
According to President Putin's claims, the Sircon missile can reach speeds of up to Mach 9 and has a maximum range of over 1,000 km.
Last year, the Eurasian Times speculated that the Sarkon could be the forerunner of India's BrahMos II hypersonic cruise missile, which is expected to exceed Mach 6, possibly reach Mach 8, and have a range of 600 km which is 1,000 km/h. km is expected. km can be extended.
However, it is important to note that the Sircon missile can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads. Conversely, it is not clear whether the BrahMos II will be allowed to carry a nuclear warhead.
BrahMos II hypersonic missile will not be exported.
Rane also said that, unlike the supersonic version sold to the Philippines in January, the hypersonic version of the BrahMos missile would be costly and would not be exported.
In addition, India is in advanced talks with Indonesia about a ship-borne version of the cruise missile for its warships.
"The BrahMos hypersonic version will not be exported." According to Rane, it will be produced only for Russia and India.
He explained that India is a signatory to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which allows it to develop missiles with a range of more than 300 kilometers (186 mi) and a weight of more than 500 kg, but does not export it. . Other Countries. Is. Country.
This is also true for the supersonic BrahMos missile, the latest version of which has a range of 500 km. To comply with the MTCR restrictions of 300 kms, the export variant is limited to 290 kms.
Russia will soon deploy Tsirkon missiles
Meanwhile, the Russian-made Tsirkon missiles are expected to enter Russian military service before the end of September. According to President Putin's announcement on Russia's Navy Day on July 31, he will be deployed to the Admiral Gorshkov frigate of the first Northern Fleet.
Russia conducted the first Tsirkon hypersonic missile test from the Severodvinsk nuclear-powered submarine of the Northern Fleet in October 2021.
After that, President Putin announced in December 2021 that the Sircon hypersonic missile had completed the salvo launch.
In May this year, the missile was fired from Admiral Gorshkov against a naval target in the White Sea to a maximum possible range of about 1,000 km from the Barents Sea.
According to Russian media reports, serial production of Sircon missiles began in November 2021, while missile tests were underway.
The Tsircon missile is believed to be capable of sinking even the most advanced US aircraft carriers, and experts believe it could easily defeat America's Aegis warfare system.
Only aviation and sea-based Tsircon versions exist. According to a report in May Eurasian Times, Russia is also developing a new coastal missile system to launch the Sircon missile, which can hit both land-based and sea-based targets.
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