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Introduction
In 1983, the foundation was laid by the scientists and the government of India for
developing missiles under Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme or
IGMDP. This programme aimed at designing and developing the missiles needed to
meet the security needs of the nation including small ranges, intermediate ranges,
and supersonic missiles. The reason behind the formation of this department was to
meet the security of the nation during the outbreak of Gulf war in the 1990s.

Scenario
• Brahmos is a two-stage supersonic cruise missile that has a solid
propellant booster engine in the first stage and brings supersonic stage
and gets parted from the propellant. The second stage of this missile
comprises of a liquid ramjet that takes the missile to the 3 Mach speed in
cruise stage. The missile’s special features are attained from stealth
technology and the guidance system with advanced embedded software.

• The missile has the shortest flight time with the speed ranging up to 290km
per hour in the space. This system assures lower dispersion of targets, an
incredible weapon system that dominates any other known in the world.
• This system operates upon the principle of “fire and forget”. It can adopt
various flight targets. This system can cruise up to an altitude of 15km
and terminal altitude of this missile can be lowered up to 10m. Brahmos
carries a warhead weighing between 200-300kgs.
• The special features that keep Brahmos different from other subsonic
cruise missiles are

• Velocity is 3 times more
• Flight range is 2.5 to 3 times more

• Kinetic energy is 9 times more than other subsonic missiles
• Seeker range is 3 to 4 times more

• This supersonic cruise missile has an identical configuration for subsea,
sea and land platforms.

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