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Indian Sukhoi -30MKI fighters to be armed with BrahMos supersonic missiles

  • 12:00 AM, April 22, 2010
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India will arm 40 Russia-built Sukhoi fighter jets with BrahMos missiles, according to a top official. Sivathanu Pillai, head of BrahMos Aerospace, said at Defence Services Asia (DSA)-2010 exhibition that the addition of the missiles to India's fleet of Su-30MKI Flanker-H fighters will make them absolutely unique in firepower. The first tests of BrahMos air-launched missiles were set for 2011, while the first fighter test flights with missiles on board are scheduled for late 2012, he added. The BrahMos missile has a range of 290 km and can carry a warhead of up to 300 kg. It can effectively engage ground targets from an altitude as low as 10 metres and has a top speed of Mach 2.8.
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