BRAHMOS

Question 1

Which is the 1st country to purchase Brahmos supersonic cruise missile?

Answer 1

Philippines( January 28, 2022),374.96 million USD

Deal is a part of defense pact signed between IND and PHIL in march 2021

Question 2

Who were the parties to the contract?

Answer 2

Delfin N Lorenzana Defense secretary (Philippines defense ministry) and Director general of BAPL Atul Dinkar Rane

Question 3

What all equipments did the Brahmos contract include?

Answer 3

shore-based anti-ship variant of brahmos,3 batteries(the missile tube), training for operators and maintainers and ILS(integrated logistic support)

Question 4

Full form of Brahmos, Joint venture between?

Answer 4

Brahmos- Brahmaputra and Moskova(rivers) and Joint venture between DRDO and NPOM

Question 5

What are the stages of Brahmos?

Answer 5

Stages of Brahmos
Stage 1-solid propellant booster
Stage 2-Liquid Ramjet

Question 6

What type of system does Brahmos use?What principle does it use?

Answer 6

Brahmos follows “standoff range weapons system” and it follows “fire and forget” principle

Question 7

What is the speed of Brahmos and What different modes can it be launched from?

Answer 7

Its speed is mach 2.8(almost 3 times faster than the speed of sound) and it can be launched from Land,air ,underwater and sea.

Brahmos has been operational since 2005

Question 8

What was the initial range of Brahmos , what is its proposed extended range?

Answer 8

The initial range of Brahmos is 290 KM as per MTCR after 2016 it got extended to 450 and 600KM

First test launch in 2001

Question 9

When was BAPL formed? what is india’s defense export target?

Answer 9

BAPL formed on February 12, 1998, India target $5 billion

Question 10

What is the MTCR(Missile technology control regime)

Answer 10

It is an informal and voluntary partnership between 35 nations to control proliferation of missiles and UAV’s whose payload is more than 500kg and has a range > 300Km done by non-member countries .

Includes WMD.Since 1992

Question 11

When was it established and by who?

Answer 11

Established by G7 in April 1987.

Question 12

What type of treaty is MTCR and when did India join it ?

Answer 12

It is a non legally binding treaty, india in 2016 as 35th member

Next probable customer is Vietnam

Question 13

First Operation in Indian history to include Army,Navy and airforce?

Answer 13

Operation vijay, Goa Liberation