News Story: BRAHMOS to arm IAF's frontline Su-30MKI fighters

SU-30MKI (Wiki Info)

NEW DELHI (PTI): India is moving towards joining the club of few countries having air-launched cruise missiles with a proposal to equip IAF's frontline fighter aircraft Su-30MKI with BRAHMOS.

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is soon expected to consider the proposal of the Defence Ministry to procure the air-launched version of the 290-km-range BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missiles for the Indian Air Force, sources told PTI here.

Standard BRAHMOS Missile (Wiki Info)

The proposal involves sanctioning of funds for the integration and testing of the BRAHMOS missile on the Russian-origin Su-30MKI of the IAF, they said.

As per the plans, the first test of the air-launched version of the supersonic cruise missile, developed jointly by India and Russia, is to be conducted by December-end.

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