Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile

Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile

Subject – Defence and Security

Context – Rocket systems, BrahMos add offensive punch along LAC

Concept –

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Smerch

• Smerch, procured from Russia, is the longest range conventional rocket system in the Army’s inventory with a maximum range of 90 km.
• A battery of four launchers can fire a salvo of 48 rockets in 40 seconds, neutralising an area of 1200m X 1200m.

Pinaka

• Pinaka, indigenously designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, has a range of 38 km.
• A battery of six launchers of Pinaka can fire a salvo of 72 rockets in 44 seconds, thereby neutralising an area of 1000m X 800m