Defence Knowledge

Brahmos It's  a medium-range supersonic ramjet cruise missile that can be launched from submarine, ships, aircraft, or land. It is a joint venture between the Russian Federation's NPO Mashinostroyeniya and India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO ). The names of this missile derived from two rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia . Image source- Google By https://www.theweek.in/ One interesting fact of Brahmos is that it is not used by Russia. Russia has valid points for not using Brahmos lets dig into it. Russia  has huge missile faculty, they are using P-800 which is also similar to Brahmos Difference between Brahmos and P-800 The speed of P-800 is 2.6 Mach where Brahmos can travel at a speed of 2.8 to 3 Mach which gives Brahmos upper hand. Russia started producing P-800 during 1987 and in 1988 Russia and India started a joint venture for Brahmos. Its first ground tests took place in 2001 which means Russia