Export potential of the Kyrgyz Republic “Bramos”: the price of the issue is 13 billion dollars
Brazil, South Africa, Malaysia, Chile and a number of others are named among the countries that have shown interest in purchasing the Bramos KR.
In general, the potential portfolio of orders for the supply of KR "Bramos" is estimated at 13 billion dollars, the Indian newspaper "Economic Times" reported citing a source in the Indian Defense Ministry.
Despite the fact that at present there are about 60 thousand cruise missiles in service in the countries of the world, most of them were developed in the 1970s. According to representatives of the Ministry of Defense of India, this led to high demand for a new CD.
However, for the time being, the decision to sell KR “Bramos” to third countries has not been made. According to a recent statement by the Minister of Defense A. Anthony, an intergovernmental agreement on the creation of a joint venture to develop Brahmos stipulates that the missile will be adopted by the armed forces of India and Russia, and will also be exported to friendly states.
Currently, the Russian and Indian governments are consulting to determine the list of possible importing countries, taking into account the security of both countries. As the executive director of BrahMos Aerospace, Sivathanu Pillay, said earlier, any sale of the missile abroad is considered not as a commercial project, but rather as a means of strengthening strategic relations. Another limitation is the statement by the Indian government that the export of Brahmos missiles is scheduled to begin only after the minimum requirements for them by the Indian Armed Forces are met.
The development of the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile by the Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace, the founders of which are the Military Industrial Corporation MIC NPO Mashinostroeniya and the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) of the Ministry of Defense of India, began in 1990. on the basis of the Russian P-800 "Onyx" rocket, developed for underwater launch.
The two-stage cruise missile "Brahmos" has a length of 10 m, a diameter of 0,7 m, and a launch mass of about 3,9 t along with the container. It can hit targets at a distance of up to 290 km and reach speeds of 2,5-2,8M. The missile, equipped with a warhead weighing up to 300 kg, performs a flight to a target at an altitude from 10 m to 14 km.
According to Ajey Lele, a representative of the Institute of Defense Research and Analysis (IDSA) located in Delhi, the Brahmos program is extremely important for teaching Indian specialists how to design and develop cruise missile technologies.
From the Indian side, the laboratory takes part in the Laboratory for Defense Research and Development (DRDL) DRDO, BEML (formerly Bharat Ert Movers), private firms Larsen End Tubro and Godrey.
The total value of current orders for the delivery of various versions of the Brahmos KR for the Indian Armed Forces exceeds 3 billion dollars. KR "Bramos" are already in service with the Navy and NE India. The ground forces, which have adopted one regiment of Bramos missile systems, recently signed a contract for the supply of an improved version of the Brahmos rocket “2 block”, which is able to identify and hit small-sized objects that are in a multi-target environment.
Work continues on the creation of modifications of the KR "Bramos" of aviation and underwater bases.
The Russian Ministry of Defense is also considering the possibility of adopting a version of an air-launched missile. It is expected that the trials of this modification will begin in the 2012 year. According to S.Pileya, the Indian Air Force chose the Su-30MKI fighter as the carrier of the Brahmos KR. In March of this year, the Indian government signed an agreement for the delivery of a Bramos version of the land-to-ground missile systems for the country's air force.
The development of a hypersonic version of the Brahmos-2 rocket began. As planned, it will develop a maximum speed from 5 to 7M, which will make its interception almost impossible. According to S.Pilley, the BrahMos Aerospace JV intends to complete the development of the Brahmos-2 KR in 2013-2014. This rocket is planned to arm the new destroyers of the project 15B.
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