BrahMos vs Kh-35: Specs Compared

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ACruise & anti-ship missiles

BrahMos

Cruise missile Air-launched cruise missile Anti-ship missile Land-attack missile Surface-to-surface missile Submarine-launched cruise missile

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Kirill Borisenko · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BCruise & anti-ship missiles

Kh-35

Air-to-surface Surface-to-surface missile Cruise missile Anti-ship missile Land-attack missile

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Allocer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BrahMosBrahMos

8.4 m

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Kh-35surface & heli version

4.4 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 41 rows sourced on both sides

8.4mBrahMos

4.4msurface & heli version

LengthScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

8.4 m

BrahMos

Single source

6 m

BrahMos-NG

Single source

Configuration

Details

BrahMos and Kh-35 configuration
Specification	BrahMos	Kh-35
Type	Cruise missile Air-launched cruise missile Anti-ship missile Land-attack missile Surface-to-surface missile Submarine-launched cruise missile^[source]	Air-to-surface Surface-to-surface missile Cruise missile Anti-ship missile Land-attack missile^[source]
Place of origin	India Russia^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
In service	21 June 2007 – present^[source]	2003^[source]
Used by	Indian Army Indian Navy Indian Air Force Philippine Marine Corps^[source]

Wars	2025 India–Pakistan conflict^[source]	—

Designer	Defence Research and Development Organisation NPO Mashinostroyeniya^[source]	Zvezda^[source]

Manufacturer	BrahMos Aerospace Limited^[source]	Tactical Missiles Corporation^[source]

Unit cost	BrahMos: US$ 3.5 million BrahMos-ER: US$ 4.85 million^[source]	$500,000 (2010)^[source]

Variants	Ship-launched Land-launched Submarine-launched Air-launched BrahMos-ER BrahMos-NG BrahMos-II^[source]	—

Warhead	200–300 kg (440–660 lb) nuclear conventional semi- armour-piercing warhead^[source]	HE fragmentation shaped charge^[source]

Engine	1st Stage: Solid rocket booster [EEL] 2nd Stage: Liquid rocket ramjet [NPO]^[source]	R95TP-300 Turbofan 360 kgf^[source]

Propellant	1st Stage: Solid fuel 2nd Stage: Liquid fuel^[source]	kerosene^[source]

Flight ceiling	15 km (49,000 ft)^[source]	—

Flight altitude	Sea skimming , as low as 3 to 10 meters^[source]	10-15 m en route and about 4 m at terminal area^[source]

Guidance system	Mid-course: INS + multi- GNSS Terminal: ARH^[source]	inertial guidance and ARGS-35E X-band terminal active radar homing^[source]

Accuracy	1 m CEP^[source]	—

Launch platform	Warship Land-based TEL Submarine Fighter aircraft^[source]	Tupolev Tu-142 , Su-24 , MiG-29 M/K, Sukhoi Su-35 , Su-27 SM, Su-30MKI // Su-30SM , Su-34 , HAL Tejas , Ka-27 , Ka-28 , Ka-52 , Su-57 , also ships and boats, coastal, ALCM , TEL variants.^[source]

Designed	—	1983–2003^[source]

Produced	—	1996 for export, 2003 for Russia^[source]

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