The Hindu : National : `Brahmos will have to wait'

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Thursday, Sep 30, 2004

National

National

`Brahmos will have to wait'

By Our Staff Reporter

MADURAI, SEPT. 29. The supersonic Brahmos missile, the undetectable ship defence system that works on ramjet propulsion covering a range of 230 km, will have to wait for about 10 years before its technology can be declared mature, according to S. Sundarrajan, Deputy Programme Director, Brahmos, Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad. He was delivering a lecture on the `Trends and Challenges — Guided Missile Programme' to mark the foundation day of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research at the Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi.

When the country launched the Agni missile in 1988, the West imposed sanctions under the Missile Technology Control Regime. However, the DRDL's initiatives remained unaffected because all its designs were based on Indian standards. Mr. Sundarrajan said the CECRI should come out with high-energy batteries and evolve effective corrosion protection.

Printer friendly page
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

National

News Update

Stories in this Section