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India.com
6 days ago
- Politics
- India.com
This missile is dangerous for Pakistan's F-16 fighter jets, AWACS, US, China are afraid of it, name is..., will India get this?
New Delhi: After Operation Sindoor, there is a race between India and Pakistan to strengthen their defense systems further. India is moving forward with both indigenous and foreign weapons, which will enhance India's defense capabilities even more. Earlier in February, it was reported that Russia offered India a special missile, named R-37M. It has been developed by Russia and it is believed that if India includes this missile in its combat fleet, even enemies like Pakistan and China would think a hundred times before daring to act. This is one of the best air-to-air missiles in the world. The Indian Air Force (IAF) currently uses the R-77 missile. If an agreement is reached on this, the R-37M missile will replace the R-77. The R-77 missile is a special weapon for the Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet. Both India and Russia are using this missile. Its purpose is to destroy enemy fighter jets and drones beyond visual range (BVR). According to media reports, Russia has said it will grant India a license to produce the R-37M missile. This means that the missile can be manufactured within India. If this deal goes through, the strength of the Indian Air Force will increase significantly. Notably, this missile is a nightmare for enemies like Pakistan's AWACS. Experts say that the speed of the R-37M missile can reach up to Mach 6. This means it is six times faster than the speed of sound. Due to its incredible speed, this missile can easily target fast-moving targets in the air. Its design is cylindrical. The missile weighs around 510 kilograms and is more than 4 meters long. It is equipped with a 60-kilogram warhead. The R-37M features a special navigation system that allows the missile to change targets mid-flight. The R-37M is a long-range air-to-air missile designed to destroy enemy fighter jets and drones from a distance. It is specifically designed to target enemy AWACS, tanker aircraft, and other support aircraft. This missile is a new version of the older R-33 missile. Its most significant feature is that it can attack without seeing the enemy. This allows fighter jets to launch attacks while remaining outside the enemy's strike capability. The R-37M's range, speed, and guidance system have been enhanced further. This missile is equipped with a rocket booster that can be removed if necessary. With its help, this missile can strike enemy targets 300 to 400 kilometers away. It is one of the longest-range air-to-air missiles in the world. It poses a significant threat to Pakistan's F-16 aircraft. It is important to note that the Pakistan Air Force is heavily reliant on F-16 fighter jets, which are considered their most advanced aircraft.
Time of India
7 days ago
- Automotive
- Time of India
24km Rajarhat road test for Jagannath rath's Sukhoi tyres
1 2 3 Kolkata: The chariot used to carry Lord Jagannath during the Rath Yatra in Kolkata did a 24 km dry run on Saturday night, hours after its ageing Jumbo jet wheels of 1978 vintage were replaced with mint-fresh wheels used in Russian Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jets in the Indian Air Force. The four tyres cost Rs 1.8 lakh. "The chariot was hauled by a tow truck from its garage in Rajarhat to the Gurusaday Road. The journey was smooth. We expect the 7-km journey on the day of Rath Yatra and the return journey on Ulta Rath to be glitch-free," said Iskcon Kolkata vice-president Radharamn Das. This will be Iskcon Kolkata's 54th Rath Yatra. While the rath travelled at 8 kmph on Saturday, it usually crawls at 1.4 kmph during the Rath Yatra. The tyres are capable of doing 280 kmph, the speed of the take-off run on the tarmac before the Sukhoi jets become airborne. Officials of MRF Tyres, manufacturers of the tubeless tyres for the fighter jet, were taken aback when Iskcon first approached them for the Sukhoi tyres that appeared to be the closest fit to the Dunlop tyres for Boeing B-747 aircraft that were fitted when American engineer Garry William Roberts designed Iskcon Kolkata's chariot in 1977. "The only customers that the company had for these tyres was the Indian Air Force. They were so shocked when we requested to buy the four tyres that they sent their officials to look at the rath. They confirmed that the 4-ft diameter Sukhoi tyres are the closest match to the jumbo jet tyres that were in use. Iskcon is now the second customer for these tyres," said Das. Each Sukhoi tyre is capable of taking a load of 13 tonnes. Together, the four tyres can carry 52 tonnes. While the Sukhoi aircraft weighs 18.4 tonnes, the maximum weight of Jagannath's chariot along with the deity, priests, and disciples riding it will be 16 tonnes. The search for the tyres began two decades ago in 2005. Though Iskcon zeroed in on the Sukhoi tyres around 2018, the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the urgent replacement required in the iron wheels of Balaram's rath caused the delay.
Hans India
28-05-2025
- Business
- Hans India
India's 5th-generation stealth fighter jet gets clearance
New Delhi: In a major push towards Atmanirbharta (self-reliance), Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the Execution Model for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme on Tuesday. The AMCA clearance marks a critical step towards realising India's goal of joining an elite club of nations in designing and producing its own fleet of next-generation combat aircraft. The project will be helmed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), said the Defence Ministry in a press release. 'In a significant push towards enhancing India's indigenous defence capabilities and fostering a robust domestic aerospace industrial ecosystem, Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has approved the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) Programme Execution Model. The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) is set to execute the programme through Industry partnership,' said the Ministry in a statement. The ADA is a dedicated arm of the DRDO that was established to oversee the development of India's Light Combat Aircraft programme. It will lead the project in partnership with private industry partners. An Expression of Interest (EoI) for the AMCA Development Phase will be issued soon. 'Both private and public sector entities would do bidding for the project, either independently or as a joint venture or as consortia. The entity/bidder should be an Indian company compliant with the laws and regulations of the country,' said the MoD statement. The AMCA, widely seen as India's answer to fifth-generation air power, will give a major boost to achieving 'atmanirbharata' in the defence sector and will become a hallmark of India's growing defence capabilities. Being the fifth-generation stealth multirole fighter equipped with cutting-edge technology, it will be suited for all-weather operation. Designed with low radar cross-section and supercruise capability, the AMCA is seen as the successor to the frontline Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jets. Some reports suggest that its mass production is likely to commence by 2035.
India Today
18-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Killer weapons battle-tested, India-Pakistan mini-war will shape future wars
It was in 1979 that China fought its last major war. Two lakh PLA soldiers pushed through dense jungles of north Vietnam flanked by Chinese versions of Soviet T-55A tanks. Forty-six years later, in May 2025, although Beijing was not at war, its military arsenal was put to war test. And the battle-testing ground was Pakistan during its mini-war with India. Not just Chinese weapons, several Indian indigenous military hardware were battle-tested for the first time in Test Range Pakistan. French, Israeli, Turkish, Russian and even Pakistani war machines were battle-tested the range of weapons used, and many of them for the first time, the armed conflict between India and Pakistan must have been taken note of by arms manufacturers and defence strategists from across the world. The US and the victims of Chinese expansionist aggression would be studying the war's minutest details."Conflicts see weapons finally being used. They allow arms companies to study the efficacy of their weapons in the field, improve them and sell modifications," says Sandeep Unnithan, senior defence correspondent and expert. "Every major global arms exporter will study the air, missile and drone battles between India and Pakistan." With lessons being drawn, it is believed that the mini-war between India and Pakistan will have a bearing on any war that is fought in the future. For one, the conflict saw the full use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones, and loitering takeaway from this war is that countries don't need to send bombers into enemy territory as long-range weapons from fighter jets ensure that enemy kills are made from hundreds of kilometres was displayed by India with its Sukhoi Su-30MKI and BrahMos missile combo hitting strategically significant targets deep inside Pakistan. The BrahMos-A is an air-launched, modified version of the missile with a 500 km range, capable of being fired from a Sukhoi Su-30MKI as a standoff strike weapon. (Image: X/DefenceMinIndia) MILITARY HARDWARE BATTLE-TESTED FOR THE FIRST TIMEThe Indo-Pak limited war was "definitely revealing", says Colonel John Spencer (Retired), a US Army veteran and defence analyst. He calls war "the ultimate test"."Throughout history, conflicts have been proving grounds for military technology," says for example, India's BrahMos missiles that were likely used in the India-Pakistan BrahMos programme, for which an agreement was signed between India and Russia in 1998, saw the first missile being tested in 2001. Since then, the BrahMos Aerospace programme has developed three variants of the supersonic cruise missile, but it is only 25 years later that it was was during the India-Pakistan war in 2025 that the India-made BrahMos missiles were tested in war conditions for the first time. The result was a super just BrahMos missiles, other India-made military hardware like the Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet and the SkyStriker drones were also tested in war conditions for the first time."A whole range of weapon systems, both offensive and defensive, were battle-tested in this short conflict. Some were indigenous, while some were procured from our strategic partners," says Colonel Rajeev Agarwal (Retired), Senior Research Consultant, fact, France's Rafale and Hammer glide bombs were used for the first time in a country-to-country, air-to-ground mission."The 4.5 generation Rafale fighter aircraft proved their worth in the first conflict for India. When they teamed up with the deadly Scalp and Hammer missiles, they were too hot for Pakistani defences to handle," Agarwal tells India Today missiles -- HQ9, HQ16 and PL-15 -- and fighter jets -- J-10 and JF-17 -- also faced battle tests for the first time, as did the Chinese air defence (AD) system. The JF-17 Thunder was jointly developed by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and Chengdu Aircraft Corporation of China. However, the single-engine fighter jet is not used by the People's Liberation Army Air Force. (Image: AFP) advertisementPAKISTAN A FIRING RANGE FOR WEAPONS FROM ACROSS THE WORLDThe use of Indian, Israeli, French, Turkish and Chinese systems marks a big shift from the Cold War-era US-Soviet hegemony of the weapons the Sukhoi Su-30MKI is of Russian origin, it is completely assembled in India with an engine from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).Pakistan reportedly used American F-16 jets, but the Chinese fighters, like the J-10 and JF-17, were PAF's its Asisguard Songar, Bayraktar TB2 and YIHA drones, Pakistan's "iron brother" Turkey actively enabled Islamabad's offensive against also used their indigenous Fatah-1 rocket and Fatah-2 tactical ballistic missiles for the first time during the war with French-made Rafale, which has a long order book, was used in a war for the first time. French Scalp missiles and Israeli Harop loitering munitions were also battle-tested yet Barak-8 surface-to-air missile, jointly produced by Israel and India, was also put to use. It is reported that it was a Barak missile that intercepted Pakistan's Fatah-2 ballistic missile over Sirsa. Pakistan used the Asisguard Songar (Top Left), Bayraktar TB2 (Top Right), and YIHA (Bottom), three UAVs of Turkish origin, against India during recent armed confrontations. Ankara reportedly also sent military personnel to Pakistan during the mini-war. (Images: Getty/Asisguard/Social Media) THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BATTLE-TESTING OF WEAPONSThis unprecedented exchange between India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed countries, which began on May 7 with Operation Sindoor, saw the use of a wide range of weapons from manufacturers from across the world."Two countries will study this conflict more closely than most — China and the United States. China for obvious reasons —Beijing is Pakistan's top weapons exporter. Chinese jets, long-range air-to-air missiles, radars and surface-to-air missiles were used in large numbers in the short conflict," Unnithan tells India Today Digital."The efficacy of these Chinese weapons is debatable. But what is without doubt is that this short, intense border exchange is the 21st century's largest use of advanced Chinese weaponry. From J-10 and JF-17 fighter jets to HQ-9 air defence missiles, all of them used by Pakistan," he keenly as China, it will be Donald Trump's US, which considers Beijing its biggest rival and military adversary in the rejigged bipolar world, that will closely study this conflict. The Indian armed forces showed the debris of a likely PL-15 air-to-air missile, which is of Chinese origin and was used by Pakistan during the attack on India. (Image: ANI) "These Chinese weapons will be thrown at the US Air Force, Navy and Marines in any future war with China in Asia, especially one around Taiwan," explains every battlefield will have its own dynamics, lessons and weapons from this war will have a bearing on the wars to come."The US will, for starters, want to look at the wreckage of a Chinese PL-15 air-to-air missile found in Punjab. It will want to understand the dynamics of the air battles between the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) and also the IAF's precision strikes on Pakistani airbases and radar installations," he the fog of war lifts, a clear verdict is emerging on the success and failure of these weapons from multiple countries from an actual battle. The Indian Air Force (IAF), as part of Operation Sindoor, targeted at least six military and aviation sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK). These included Pakistan Air Force bases at Rafiqui, Murid, Nur Khan, Chunian, Rahim Yar Khan, and Sukkur. The dotted line in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir represents the Line of Control (LoC). The territory to its west is Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, including Occupied Jammu and Gilgit-Baltistan, which are integral parts of India. (Image: India Today/OSINT) RESULT OF FIRST BATTLE-TESTING: SUCCESS AND FAILURE"Indian weapons not only crossed the international border but also demonstrated accuracy against defended sites," wrote Joshua T White, foreign policy expert, for the Brookings Institute, a US think Agarwal (retd) said the Brahmos proved its worth in the short India-Pakistan conflict, and with its unique features like supersonic speeds, stealth, and accuracy, many countries are likely to line up for the Chinese PL-15, there are doubts, says the Army veteran. "Its reliability has been tested in this conflict, and it has been found wanting.""China, without fighting this war, has lost on many counts because its weapons platforms have failed more than once," says Army veteran Colonel Spencer also said that India's war machines proved their mettle."India demonstrated that its investments, mostly in indigenous products along with some others, were the right ones. Pakistan, backed mainly by Chinese and some Turkish capabilities, showed that their arsenal wasn't as effective as they believed," Spencer told India Today Unnithan said that the failure of the Chinese air defence (AD) system was one of the key revelations of this war."Chinese AD systems had one job, to protect Pakistan's air space from fighter aircraft and air-to-ground missiles - they failed miserably," he tells India Today Digital."This operation will have catastrophic consequences for Chinese AD systems -- the US Air Force and US Navy will study the IAF's air campaign precisely because this is the conflict they will face over Taiwan -- should it become a shooting war," Unnithan WAR: A BATTLE OF DRONES, LOITERING MUNITIONSIn the Brookings article, White says, the most consequential military development of the India-Pakistan armed conflict was the widespread use of drones and loitering munitions."For the first time, India and Pakistan fought what looked like a mutual drone war, with probing missions, strikes, interceptions, and spoofing attacks occurring almost continuously," he wasn't unexpected going by the Russia-Ukraine war and the Nagorno-Karabakh indigenous Nagastra-1 loitering munition and the SkyStriker kamikaze drones made their combat debut during Operation Sindoor. Nagastra-1 (L) is an indigenously developed loitering munition by Solar Industries India in collaboration with Z-Motion, designed for precision strikes with a 30-minute endurance and equipped with GPS-based navigation. SkyStriker is an Israeli-origin kamikaze drone developed in collaboration with Bengaluru-headquartered Alpha Design Technologies. It's capable of autonomous target engagement with a loitering time of up to two hours and a strike range of over 100 km. (Images: ANI/Elbit Systems) BEARING OF THE INDIA-PAKISTAN WAR ON FUTURE WARSThat UAVs, drones and loitering munitions will play a key role in future wars is a given. The potency of these drones will only increase, and counter-drone technology will evolve limited India-Pakistan war not only saw new weapons being battle-tested, but their real-life performance. How they fared will be examined not just by the US, but also the countries in South East Asia, like the Philippines and Vietnam, which have territorial disputes with an expansionist tensions in Taiwan and the South China Sea (SCS), countries threatened by China would be looking very closely into how the Indian war machines stacked up against the China-made ones."The Philippines has already bought BrahMos while Vietnam is likely to seal the deal shortly. I foresee huge demand for the Brahmos missile in the global arms market soon," said Thailand, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Argentina are among the countries that have evinced interest in the BrahMos missile platform."With the Next Generation BrahMos likely to be fielded in the next 12–18 months with many more advanced features like increased range, speed, and lethality, which could make it the most sought-after cruise missile system in the world," said Colonel Sukhoi Su30MKI and the Brahmos missile combo also show that countries don't need to cross into another's territory to land devastating blows."The Sukhoi MKI and Brahmos cruise missile combo is a unique Indian solution to offset the lack of a bomber carrying precision-guided missiles (PGMs). This deadly force-multiplier broke through Pakistan's China-supplied air defence bubbles -- devastating its airfields and allied infrastructure in punitive air strikes on May 10," explains Unnithan. The defence expert said that this lethal combo will be watched by several rivals of China around the SCS, one of the potential theatres of war."Many of these SCS littoral states, like Vietnam and the Philippines, have bought Indian military hardware, including surface-launched BrahMos, and could be potential customers of the air-launched variants," he makes this limited war interesting is the fact that Pakistan behaved like a Chinese suzerain state, fighting with China-made ammo. The results of the field study of the India-Pakistan war are out there for everyone to see and noteworthy here is that nothing reveals a changed world than the battlefield, the steel used and the smouldering has come a long way since it used the Chinese version of Soviet tanks in the Sino-Vietnam War of 1979. From being dependent on Soviet weapons, Beijing has become a military power, by investing big on defence research and production. Russia, the inheritor of the Soviet Union, is now a few notches below it. India, meanwhile, has collaborated and developed killer war machines that went unchallenged in Testing Range Pakistan. France, Turkey and Israel have emerged as notable defence exporters. The India-Pakistan mini-war provides a report card of all these weapons, and offers a glimpse into how future wars might really be WHAT IS S-400, SKYSTRIKER, BARAK, PL-15 AND HQ-9Loitering munition: A drone or missile that loiters in the air over an area and destroys itself by crashing into a target once it is identified. Because they self-kill themselves, loitering munitions are also called suicide drone: Like Japan's WW II kamikaze pilots, who would crash into their targets with the sole aim of destroying them, these drones do not return after launch. Like loitering munitions, these drones crash directly into a target and destroy These are loitering munitions developed by Israeli firm Elbit Systems and manufactured in India by Adani Defence under a joint venture. They can hover over a target area for up to 2 hours and strike with precision, suitable for for high-value target Missile: It's India's indigenously developed surface-to-air missile system designed to intercept aerial threats like fighter jets, cruise missiles, and drones. It has a range of about 25-30 km and is deployed by both the Indian Army and the Air Force. India's Akash surface-to-air missile system is an indigenous air defence platform. Armenia has procured 15 units of the Akash-1S variant to enhance its aerial defence capabilities. (Image: Ministry of Defence) Akashteer: It is a command and control system developed by the Bengaluru-based BEL to integrate various air defence components, enabling real-time monitoring and response to aerial threats. It helps automate air defence operations across Indian Army formations.S-400 Triumf: It's Russia's advanced air defence system, which was acquired by India. Nicknamed the Sudarshan Chakra, the air defence system played a key role in India's Operation Sindoor. It can destroy aircraft, drones, and missiles up to a range of 400 Missile: The Barak missile is an Israeli-developed family of surface-to-air missiles used for naval and land-based air defence, developed by IAI and Rafael. The Barak-8, jointly developed by Israel and India, can intercept multiple aerial threats including aircraft, missiles, and drones with high precision. The Barak 8 was jointly developed by India's Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). (Image: MyGov) J-10: It's a single-engine multi-role fighter aircraft developed by China. It has been inducted into the Pakistan Air Thunder: It's a fighter jet jointly developed by Pakistan and China. It is lightweight, cost-effective, and primarily designed for export. China, by the way, does not use Missile: A missile that travels in a high arc, exiting the Earth's atmosphere and re-entering to strike its target using gravity. Prime examples of ballistic missiles are India's Agni, and Pakistan's Missile: These missiles fly at low altitudes like a smart aircraft. They are mostly GPS-guided and highly accurate. India's BrahMos is a prime example.T-55A tanks: The Cold War-era key Soviet battle tank from the 1960s and 1970s, known for its rugged design, was used by several allies and partners of the InMust Watch
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First Post
11-05-2025
- Politics
- First Post
Operation Sindoor: The significance of BrahMos missile which destroyed terror bases in Pakistan and PoK
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, inaugurating a new BrahMos missile facility in Lucknow, praised the Indian armed forces for giving Pakistan a 'befitting reply' in the aftermath of the April 22 attack in Pahalgam, which left 26 dead. The BrahMos missile played a critical role in Operation Sindoor. Let's take a closer look at its significance read more Indian Army's Brahmos missile system showcased at New Delhi. It is the cornerstone of India's conventional missile arsenal. File image/AFP On Sunday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a new BrahMos facility in Lucknow. Singh during the event praised the Indian armed forces for giving Pakistan a 'befitting reply' in the aftermath of the April 22 attack in Pahalgam which left 26 dead. The missile has played a critical role in Operation Sindoor and India's response to Pakistan afterwards. 'Through Operation Sindoor, India gave a clear message to the entire country of its willingness to respond to terrorist attacks,' Singh said. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'This is not the first time that India has responded to terrorist attacks. The Uri surgical strike, Balakot air strike and now after the Pahalgam attack, India has shown the world how it can respond to terrorist attacks,' Singh added. 'We have adopted a zero-tolerance policy towards terrorism… On behalf of everyone, I thank our arm forces for giving a befitting reply to Pakistan through Operation Sindoor.' But what do we know about the missile? Why is it so significant? Let's take a closer look What we know about the missile The BrahMos missile is a supersonic cruise missile. It is arguably the most important conventional missile in India's arsenal. The BrahMos missile is manufactured by BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture between India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia's NPO Mashinostroyeniya. It can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft and land, The BrahMos missile has a range of nearly 300 kilometres. It can carry a warhead weighing between 200 and 300 kilos. It flies at a speed of 2.8 Mach – nearly three times the speed of sound. Around 83 per cent of the missile's components are now indigenous – that is sourced from India. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD It works a 'fire and forget' principle. As per India Today, the missile comes with stealth technology as well as advanced guidance system. India is also talks with a number of other countries including Vietnam for a possible sale of the BrahMos missiles. Reuters It maintains supersonic velocity throughout its flight – thereby reducing the chances of being intercepted by defence systems. It can cruise at an altitude of 15 kilometres and then drop down as low as 10 metres when it hits the target. It is also known for its high accuracy – with a circular error probability of under 1 metre. As per NDTV, the next-generation BrahMos variant weighs just 1,290 kilos compared to the 2,900 kilos previously. This will allow fighter jets like the Sukhoi Su-30MKI to carry three BrahMos missiles rather than just one. As per Times Now, the new version of the missile will have a range of around 400 kilometres. According to several media reports, India is now sending a second batch of the BrahMos missiles to the Philippines. India is also talks with a number of other countries including Vietnam for a possible sale. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD BrahMos and Operation Sindoor The BrahMos Missile is said to have played a key part in Operation Sindoor. This would have been the first instance of the ballistic cruise missile being deployed in combat. India was earlier reported to have used the Scalp cruise missile, the HAMMER precision-guided bomb, and loitering munitions during the operation to strikes terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The Indian Air Force also used the BrahMos cruise missiles to take out several PAF bases critical to the Pakistani military including Chaklala near Rawalpindi and Sargodha in Punjab province on Saturday, as per NDTV. Though India had not officially confirmed its use , Pakistan did so. 'In response to the firing of BrahMos missiles over several locations across the international border, Pakistan was constrained to retaliate to the unprovoked and unlawful Indian aggression in exercise of its right to self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter. Accordingly, Pakistan launched 'Operation Bunyan-ul-Marsoos" early today," Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed as per News18. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath seemingly confirmed India's use of the BrahMos. PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was also attending the inauguration, also confirmed BrahMos' use on Sunday. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'You must have seen a glimpse of the BrahMos missile during Operation Sindoor. If you didn't, then just ask the people of Pakistan about the power of the BrahMos missile,' Adityanath was quoted as saying by The Times of India. Experts say the missile is impossible to intercept. 'The BrahMos is a supersonic missile. It cannot be intercepted by the air defence systems of Pakistan and China. It cannot be intercepted by any known Defence system in the world," Dr Sudhir Kumar Mishra, ex-DG (BrahMos) DRDO, told CNN-News18. 'We have access and developed our own technology to meet any time of requirement of the Armed Forces. Nowadays, dogfights don't happen. The reason is that if any aircraft launches a missile, this missile will lock onto enemy aircraft. Once the aircraft is locked, it's very difficult to evade," he said. 'If we launch the BrahMos towards the enemy air base, we can create a lot of damage. India and Russia only have a liquid Supersonic Cruise Missile. Even the US doesn't have this. It's completely indigenous," he added. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'BrahMos is a cruise missile, which means it can take a trajectory from Low to high. It's very difficult for any ship-based radar to detect. BrahMos has the capability to reach anywhere. It's very accurate. It's accurate to the pinpoint level," he added. What do we know about the project? The project is a joint venture between Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and BrahMos Aerospace. It is part of the Lucknow node of the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC) – which Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced during the 2018 Global Investors' Summit. As per Mint, the facility has been built at a price tag of Rs 300 crores. It spans 22 acres and will contribute to defence and manufacturing within the UPDIC – which comprises nodes in Lucknow, Kanpur, Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, and Chitrakoot. The facility will manufacture the BRAHMOS-NG (Next Generation) variant of the missile. 'The inauguration of BrahMos today holds much importance as it was on this day on May 11 ,1998, India had carried out Nuclear tests at Pokhran range in Rajasthan,' Singh said as per Hindustan Times. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The outlet quoted the ministry of defence as saying that the facility 'represents India's commitment to self-reliant defence manufacturing'. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hailed India's armed forces on Sunday. File image/PTI The foundation stone of the centre was laid in Lucknow on December 26, 2021, in presence of Singh and Adityanath. At first, 100 missiles will be manufactured at the BrahMos Missile manufacturing centre. In five to seven years, missiles worth Rs 900 crore will be made here. The centre will likely create between 10,000 to 12,000 jobs for locals and provide opportunities for technical skill development. 'Today, the BrahMos facility we are inaugurating will generate approximately 500 direct and 1000 indirect jobs right from its inception. This has been made possible, in no small part, due to the ecosystem that Shri Yogi Adityanath ji has developed,' Singh was quoted as saying by The Times of India. With inputs from agencies
