BRAHMOS missile being launched from Indian Navy ship

A salvo of eight missiles can penetrate and destroy a group of frigates having modern anti-missile defences. The missile’s Fire Control System, Launcher, and inter-connectivity with ship’s navigation and sensors provide a salvo launch capability, wherein multiple missiles can be fired in different trajectories to hit a single or group of targets. The missile’s mid-course guidance is provided by an Inertial Navigation System and the terminal course guidance by homing radar seeker.

The BRAHMOS anti-ship variant was first configured with the Indian Navy’s frontline destroyer, INS Rajput. While the initial inductions of the missile were installed in the inclined launch configuration, later, in 2008, the BRAHMOS missile was successfully fired from a state-of-the-art Universal Vertical Launch Module aboard INS Ranvir. The UVLM, fully designed and developed by BrahMos Aerospace and L&T, is presently installed in a plethora of frontline warships of the Indian Navy.