Showing posts with label India's New Mega Weapon. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Nuclear-Armed Supersonic Missiles-India's New Mega Weapon-

India's New Mega Weapon-
India’s nuclear command has 42 Su-30MKI with BrahMos supersonic nuclear armed cruise missile.
“Individually, the Su-30 and BrahMos are powerful weapons,” Russia and India Report noted. “But when the world’s most capable fourth generation fighter is armed with a uniquely destructive cruise missile, together they are a dramatic force multiplier.”

The Sukhoi Su-30 MKI is a twin-seater, highly maneuverable, fourth-generation multirole combat fighter aircraft built by Russia’s Sukhoi Design Bureau and licensed to India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited..Delhi has already acquired around 200 jets, and eventually plans to acquire 282 of them.
The Brahmos is a joint development between joint effort between India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroeyenia. Capable of traveling at speeds of Mach 3.0, the Brahmos is the fastest cruise missile in the world.The BrahMos’ 3000 km per second speed –In tests, the BrahMos has often cut warships in half and reduced ground targets to smithereens.”
“The Sukhoi’s blistering speed  with missile, plus the aircraft’s abilitywill have greater chance for the pilot to deliver the missile on to its designated targets.”
The Su-30 itself has a range of up to 1,800 kilometers while the Brahmos missile can strike targets nearly 300 kilometers away.Thus, the newly modified Su-30s will allow India’s nuclear aircraft to strike deep in the heart of China or Pakistan, Delhi’s two main adversaries.
 According to the Times of India, the integration project was mostly carried out by BrahMos Aerospace, with HAL also contributing crucial modifications.The Brahmos-armed Su-30s is only one of the ways that India is strengthening its strategic deterrent. It has also been busy testing the Agni-V, which is three-stage solid-fueled intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) with a range of about 5,000 km. When the Agni-V is inducted into service, India will have the ability to strike any part of China with nuclear weapons for the first time. Furthermore, India is currently testing ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), which will complete the nuclear triad.

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