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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
BCruise & anti-ship missiles
Cruise missile Air-launched cruise missile Submarine-launched cruise missile Anti-ship missile Surface-to-surface missile Land-attack missile
At a glance
Measured figures
BrahMos
Single sourceBrahMos-NG
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BrahMos | P-800 Oniks |
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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 Air-launched cruise missile Submarine-launched cruise missile Anti-ship missile Surface-to-surface missile Land-attack missile[source] |
| Place of origin | India Russia[source] | Soviet Union / Russia[source] |
| In service | 21 June 2007 – present[source] | 2002–present[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]
Length
Single source8.9 m (29.2 ft)[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; depending on altitude ( Yakhont export version)
Single sourceOperational; Oniks-M version for Russia
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] | NPO Mashinostroyeniya[source] |
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| Unit cost | BrahMos: US$ 3.5 million BrahMos-ER: US$ 4.85 million[source] | $1.25 million[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] | national ver. 300 kg semi-armour piercing HE, thermonuclear ; for export 200 kg semi-armour piercing HE[source] |
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| Engine | 1st Stage: Solid rocket booster [EEL] 2nd Stage: Liquid rocket ramjet [NPO][source] | Ramjet 4 tons of thrust[source] |
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| Propellant | 1st Stage: Solid fuel 2nd Stage: Liquid fuel[source] | jet fuel[source] |
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| Flight ceiling | 15 km (49,000 ft)[source] | 14,000 m (46000 ft)[source] |
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| Flight altitude | Sea skimming , as low as 3 to 10 meters[source] | 10 meters (32 ft) or higher[source] |
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| Guidance system | Mid-course: INS + multi- GNSS Terminal: ARH[source] | midcourse inertial guidance , active radar homing - passive radar seeker head[source] |
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| Accuracy | 1 m CEP[source] | 1.5 m[source] |
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| Launch platform | Warship Land-based TEL Submarine Fighter aircraft[source] | coastal installations, naval ships , Fixed-wing aircraft[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1987–present[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | — | delay fuze[source] |
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Operational; Oniks version for Russia
Single source600 km (370 mi; 320 nmi) ( Oniks version for Russia) 800 km (500 mi; 430 nmi) ( Oniks-M version for Russia) 120 to 300 km (75 to 186 mi; 65 to 162 nmi) depending on altitude ( Yakhont export version)[source]