BrahMos-II

BrahMos-II or BrahMos-2 or BrahMos Mark II is a hyper sonic cruise missile currently under joint developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia's NPO Mashinostroeyenia, which have together formed BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited. It is the second of the BrahMos series of cruise missile. The BrahMos-II is expected to have a range of 290 kilometres (180 mi) and a speed of Mach 7. During the cruise stage of flight the missile will be propelled by a scram jet air breathing jet engine. Other details, including production cost and physical dimensions of the missile, are yet to be published. It is expected to be ready for testing by 2017.

The planned operational range of the BrahMos-II has been restricted to 290 kilometres (180 mi) as Russia is a signatory to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which prohibits it from helping other countries develop missile with ranges above 300 kilometres (190 mi). Its top speed will be double that of the current Brahmos-I, and it has been described as the fastest missile in the world.

Design of multiple variants of the missile was completed by October 2011, with testing starting in 2012. These variants will arm the Project 15B destroyers of the Indian Navy. Fourth-generation-multi purpose Russian Naval destroyers (Project 21956) are also likely to be equipped with the BrahMos II.

Specifications :-

Type : Hyper-sonic cruise missile

Place of origin :  India ,Russia

Manufacturer:-   DRDO

                          NPO Mashinostroeyenia

Engine : Scram jet

Speed : Mach 7

Launch platform : Ship, submarine, aircraft and land-based mobile launchers.