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Army commisions second regiment of Brahmos cruise missiles |
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a major boost to its firepower, the Indian army commissioned the second
regiment of the 290-km- range supersonic BrahMos cruise missiles with
16 weapon systems.
"I am glad to know that this regiment is being delivered, ahead
of schedule.
This shows BrahMos’s commitment to its customer,"
Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju said at a function to
mark the commissioning of the regiment into the Army's Corps of Artillery.
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Brahmos
land based launcher at DefExpo 2004
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"Industries must go in a big way towards producing
the systems as the production requirement is large in order to meet
the demand of the Indian Armed Forces," he said. Speaking on the
occasion, Director General Artillery Lt Gen Vionod Nayanar said, "We
have guns for near range and Smerch Rockets for range of 75 km.
"But beyond 75 km range, BrahMos is the only system which has added
tremendous fire power capability to Indian Armed Forces for targets
as deep as 300 km." Observing that the capabilities of Army will
increase manifold with the induction of world's only supersonic cruise
missile, BrahMos Aerospace Chief A Sivathanu Pillai said, "We have
formed a missile industry complex which is tirelessly working for producing
BrahMos missiles for meeting the demand of all the three services."
Two more regiments of the BrahMos will be commissioned in near future
including the Block III, which will be deployed in the Northeast along
the China border.
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