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ACruise & anti-ship missiles
Cruise missile Air-launched cruise missile Anti-ship missile Land-attack missile Surface-to-surface missile Submarine-launched cruise missile
At a glance
Measured figures
BrahMos
Single sourceBrahMos-NG
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BrahMos | Kalibr (missile family) |
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| Type | Cruise missile Air-launched cruise missile Anti-ship missile Land-attack missile Surface-to-surface missile Submarine-launched cruise missile[source] | Cruise missile Anti-ship missile[source] |
| Place of origin | India Russia[source] | Russia[source] |
| In service | 21 June 2007 – present[source] | 1994[source] |
| Used by | Indian Army Indian Navy Indian Air Force Philippine Marine Corps[source] |
BrahMos: 8.4 m (28 ft) BrahMos-NG: 6 m (20 ft)[source]
Varies on variant, from
Single sourceVaries on variant, from 6.2 m to 8.9 m[source]
BrahMos
Single sourceBrahMos-NG
Single sourceBrahMos: 0.6 m (2.0 ft) BrahMos-NG: 0.5 m (1.6 ft)[source]
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Single sourceDiameter
Single source(ca. 0.514 m) 0.533 m
BrahMos
Single sourceBrahMos-A
Single sourceBrahMos-NG
Single sourceBrahMos: 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) BrahMos-A: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb) BrahMos-NG: 1,200–1,500 kg (2,600–3,300 lb)[source]
Varies on variant, from 1,780 kg-2,300 kg
Single sourceVaries on variant, from 1,300 kg-1,780 kg-2,300 kg[source]
Operational; Air platform
Single sourceOperational; Export
Single sourceOperational; Ship or Land platform
Single sourceShip or Land platform : 800–900 km (500–560 mi) Air platform : 450–500 km (280–310 mi) Export : 290 km (180 mi)[source]
Operational; 3M14K/3M14T domestic land-attack version, estimate
Single sourceOperational; 3M54E (export anti-ship version)
Single sourceBars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
See Operators[source] |
| Wars | 2025 India–Pakistan conflict[source] | Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
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| Designer | Defence Research and Development Organisation NPO Mashinostroyeniya[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | BrahMos Aerospace Limited[source] | Novator Design Bureau , KTRV , MKB Fakel, NPO Mash, Raduga, NPO Zvezda Strela (Orenburg)[source] |
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| Unit cost | BrahMos: US$ 3.5 million BrahMos-ER: US$ 4.85 million[source] | $980,000 (domestic cost, land-attack version) $6.5 million (export cost, anti-ship version)[source] |
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| Variants | Ship-launched Land-launched Submarine-launched Air-launched BrahMos-ER BrahMos-NG BrahMos-II[source] | — |
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| Warhead | 200–300 kg (440–660 lb) nuclear conventional semi- armour-piercing warhead[source] | 400–500 kg[source] |
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| Engine | 1st Stage: Solid rocket booster [EEL] 2nd Stage: Liquid rocket ramjet [NPO][source] | Multi-stage solid-fuel rocket, turbojet engine for 3M-54/E/TE/E1/TE1, -14/E/TE[source] |
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| Propellant | 1st Stage: Solid fuel 2nd Stage: Liquid fuel[source] | — |
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| Flight ceiling | 15 km (49,000 ft)[source] | 1,000 m[source] |
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| Flight altitude | Sea skimming , as low as 3 to 10 meters[source] | 50–150 m AGL 20 m over water[source] |
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| Guidance system | Mid-course: INS + multi- GNSS Terminal: ARH[source] | Inertial guidance plus terminal active radar homing[source] |
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| Accuracy | 1 m CEP[source] | 2–3 m (domestic version, with GLONASS ) 50 m CEP (Club-T export version, without GLONASS )[source] |
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| Launch platform | Warship Land-based TEL Submarine Fighter aircraft[source] | naval ships , submarines , containers , TEL[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1994–present[source] |
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Operational; 3M54E (export anti-ship version) 3M54E1/3M14E (export anti-ship version)
Single sourceOperational; 3M54K/3M54T domestic anti-ship version, estimate
Single source3M54E (export anti-ship version): 220 km 3M54E1/3M14E (export anti-ship version): 300 km 3M54K/3M54T: 660 km (domestic anti-ship version, estimate) 3M14K/3M14T: 1,500–2,500 km (domestic land-attack version, estimate)[source]