Context:
Ministry of Defence signs contract worth Rs 1700 crores with BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd for additional dual-role capable BrahMos missiles.
Key Highlights:
- Features
- Dual-role capability will include land and anti-ship attacks, launched from land, air, and sea.
- BrahMos missile, the Indo-Russian joint venture, has a range of 290 km and is the fastest cruise missile in the world.
- Benefits
- The deal is supposed to enhance the operational capability of Indian Navy fleet assets and boost indigenous production of critical weapon systems.
- Naming
- Named after rivers Brahmaputra and Moskva, it is a two-stage missile with pinpoint accuracy and “Fire and Forgets” working principle.
