BrahMos-2 missile

• India, Russia teams working on designing different versions of BrahMos.
• The project launched jointly with Russia, under BrahMos, will see more than 20 Russian institutes and industry and a bigger number of Indian industry participating.
  The hypersonic missiles, will fly at Mach 5-7 speeds.
• One Mach is equivalent to velocity of sound or 1230km/h 330 metres per second.
• Already joint teams from India and Russia have started working on designing different versions of the missiles. The project will be of five-year duration.
  Both the Indian and the Russian Government have assured adequate funding and support.
• The initiative has come in the wake of the superb success of the BrahMos project, launched in 1999. The supersonic BrahMos missile developed with speeds of Mach 2.8 has already got orders from the Indian Navy and Army.
• BrahMos missile is now available for launch from multiple platforms which include ship to ship, land to ship and land to land.