BrahMos Missile and its variants with full details

The BrahMos is a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarine, ships, aircraft, or land. It is the fastest supersonic cruise missile in the world.It is a joint venture between the Russian Federation's NPO Mashinostroeyenia and India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) who together have formed BrahMos Aerospace.It is based on the Russian P-800 Oniks cruise missile and other similar sea-skimming Russian cruise missile technology. The name BrahMos is a portmanteau formed from the names of two rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia. Russia supplies 65% of the BrahMos' components, including its ramjet engine and radar seeker. It is the world's fastest anti-ship cruise missile in operation.The missile travels at speeds of Mach 2.8 to 3.0, which is being upgraded to Mach 5.0. The land-launched and ship-launched versions are already in service, with the air and submarine-launched versions currently in the testing phase.An air-launched variant of BrahMos appeared in 2012. A hypersonic version of the missile, BrahMos-II, is also presently under development with a speed of Mach 7-8 to boost aerial fast strike capability. It is expected to be ready for testing by 2020. India wanted the BrahMos to be based on a mid range cruise missile like the P-700 Granit. Its propulsion is based on the Russian missile, and missile guidance has been developed by BrahMos Aerospace. The missile is expected to reach a total order US$13 billion. In 2016, as India became a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), India and Russia are now planning to jointly develop a new generation of Brahmos missiles with 600 km-plus range and an ability to hit protected targets with pinpoint accuracy. Variants:- Surface-launched, Block I Ship-launched, anti-ship variant (operational) Ship-launched, land-attack variant (operational) Land-launched, land-attack variant (operational) Land-launched, anti-ship variant (In induction, tested on 10 December 2010) Surface-launched, upgraded variants BrahMos Block II land-attack variant (Operational) BrahMos Block III land-variant (being inducted) Anti-aircraft carrier variant (tested in March 2012) – the missile gained the capability to attack aircraft carriers using the supersonic vertical dive variant of the missile that could travel up to 290 km. Air-launched Air-launched, anti-ship variant (tested) Air-launched, land-attack variant (tested) Submarine-launched Submarine-launched, anti-ship variant – Tested successfully for the first time from a submerged pontoon on 20 March 2013. Submarine-launched, land-attack variant (under development, expected completion in 2011)