BRAHMOS, world's fastest and deadliest supersonic cruise missile, has created history on 22nd November 2017 after being successfully test fired first the time from the Indian Air Force's frontline Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft against a sea-based target in the Bay of Bengal. The Su-30MKI armed with formidable BRAHMOS promises to galvanize the IAF's air combat potential in an unprecedented ways.
Giving a major fillip to the Government's 'Make In India' initiative, a land-attack BRAHMOS variant with an indigenous seeker has been successfully test fired from the Pokhran test range in Rajasthan in March 2018 and hit the designated land target with "pin-point" accuracy. This is the first time India has developed the seeker system for a missile of this class and calibre.
The BRAHMOS missile has successfully demonstrated its speed, precision and power a number of times from Naval ships. In a test firing conducted by an Indian Navy warship on April 21, 2017, BRAHMOS has established its formidable power to attack selected targets deep in-land and far away from the coast, from standoff ranges at sea. The test firing has made the Indian Navy gain a unique and invincible capability to hit and neutralise selected land targets from the high seas.