A P J Abdul Kalam asks BrahMos to develop advanced version of cruise missile
New Delhi, Jun 12 : Former President A P J Abdul Kalam today asked the BrahMos aerospace company to develop an advanced version of the cruise missile which can be reused as it will held the country maintain leadership in this field.
"You should develop a hypersonic version of BrahMos which can be reused, meaning that the missile should be able to deliver its payload and return to base. This will help in maintaining our leadership in this arena," Dr Kalam said while addressing a function on the tenth anniversary of the launch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.
India is the only country to have a supersonic cruise missile developed in a joint venture with Russia.
Speaking on the occasion, BrahMos Aerospace chief A S Pillai said BrahMos is a unique missile which can be configured for multiple types of platforms on land, on sea and underwater against different types of targets on land and sea. (UNI -Posted on / )
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