BrahMos missile

BrahMos is a medium-range supersonic cruise missile designed, developed and produced by BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture company set up by India’s DRDO and Russia’s Mashinostroyenia. It can be launched from submarines, ships, planes or land-based platforms. The name Brahmos represents “the fury” of India’s Brahmaputra River and “the grace” of River Moskva in Russia. It is considered to be fastest supersonic missile in the world. Philippines signed pact with India recently for possible purchase of this missile.