Defence ministry contract for BrahMos missiles

• The Indian Government has inked a Rs.1,700 crore contract with BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd for procuring BrahMos missiles.

• The contract was signed by the Defence Ministry to purchase 35 combat and 3 practice BrahMos supersonic dual-role surface-to-surface cruise missiles.

• The range of these missiles is 290 km and they are capable of both land attack and anti-ship strikes.

• Their speed is 2.8 Mach, which is almost three times the speed of sound.

• These missiles will be equipped in two P-15B class stealth guided missile destroyers of the Indian Navy.

• This is expected to significantly boost India’s naval capabilities.