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India was in a good phase of economy in 1998 when Brahmos was made. So, it is not correct to say India simply wanted a missile and hence bought Brahmos in urgency. There is no way a missile can be made ready by 2001 if it was a completely new missile. 3 years of time is a big time back in 1990s...

Brahmos test was a user test. There was no developmental test of Brahmos recently. The ALCM may have altitude advantage but it weighs 2.5tons and does not have booster. The important thing about booster is that its weight is almost fully fuel and the loss of about 400kg of fuel is more than...

Software change was a scam. India immediately after MTCR tested Brahmos for 450km and air to ground one for 415km a year later. Why would India deliberately have software which reduces range instead of simply not decaring ability and maintaining silence? Also, Brahmos is a liquid fuel missile...

That is anyone's guess. I can't be sure. It is possible that the Brahmos engine is modified to have bigger nozzle to eject more fuel. It is not sure if the engine in Brahmos and Oniks are identical

Brahmos weighs 3tons and its range of 450km is not surprising. I don't understand why you want to insist on 300km range at 2.8Mach? The 300km range was made to pass MTCR restrictions, not due to limitation of Brahmos RAMJET. The sea skimming range of Brahmos is low at about 200-250km or so due...

800km is a bit of a stretch. Even if Brahmos flies high, the height will not be higher than 1km to get rid of air resistance. Composites only work for the casing and not things like motor, booster etc as they require special metal capable of withstanding high heat. Also, the density difference...

800km is a bit of a stretch. Even if Brahmos flies high, the height will not be higher than 1km to get rid of air resistance. Composites only work for the casing and not things like motor, booster etc as they require special metal capable of withstanding high heat. Also, the density difference...

Hyperonic vehicles will consume fuel insanely. The drag will be so high that the mileage will be extremely low. I am not sure if the hypersonic missile is even a viable option for any country, forget just India. People may test some glide vehicles, but a missile travelling at hypersonic speed...

15 years is too less for a decent missile. This will mean that the missiles made in 2015 will be wasted in 2030. That is a really big waste. One needs to have longer lifespan in missiles to be practically feasible to mass produce.

What makes you think that Akash is 35 year old design? Why do you claim that India eill insist in using older material when it has better material? Also, do you know the range of rajendra radar? Why do you claim that it is lower than 100km?

MTCR appears to everything that is unmanned and armed vehicle, even drones and cruise missile

As I said, materials of Indian missiles is very good. Brahmos, Barak-8 etc are the examples. Radar is never the problem for a missile of less than 100km range. Even UTTAM radar had 150km range (which was reduced to 100km by nose cone). Ground based radar will have much more range.

Brains don't work on algorithm or reason. It is quite possible that Indian fuel for missiles may be of poor quality but is most likely not. India is quite advanced in technology and has been continually upgrading its technology for 40 years in missile propulsion. Brahmos missile weighs 3tons...

Can you tell me how many brahmos tests have been announced after MTCR? I remember only 1 and that was 450km. BTW, I was speaking of PAC-1 range and weight. Also, RAMJET is better than rocket motor as RAMJET does not need internal space for oxidiser

USA or Europe are not fools to listen to china. They are also aware of it. China is just upset that India is "towing the line" of westerners and bowing to their pressure to underplay the range. China does not consider India as a threat. It only sees that India is joining with west to cause...

Brahmos has been tested for 450km from ground test and 400+km (exact not specified) from air. The ground test was immediately after MTCR. Also, India has the habit of downplaying the range of many missiles. Akash missile, for example has 720kg weight, same as patriot missile. But Akash missile...

To remove the ballast, one will hqve to open up the missile and same with changing FCS. But since these are in Indian control, India can simply lie that the range is 300km. It is like the dilemma about who will investigate when the police themselves are thieves. The improvement of range to...

How is it absurd to say that the actual range of brahmos is 450km? The physical ability of Brahmos is 450km. FCS is not a big deal as the parameters are changeable by India. Assuming that India is dumb enough to purposefully reduce the capabilities if brahmos to please foreign masters is absurd...

When did India sell anything to them? Also, how do you know that the export version of Brahmos is same as Indian one? There can be various other modification to ensure the other party will not be able to reverse engineer the missile. The fact that Russia has allowed India to modify Brahmos shows...

The engines were never changed. It is just that India changed its official wordings.