Is BrahMos the best ever cruise missile built in the world?
布拉莫斯是世界上最先進的巡航導彈嗎?
Saphyaire Wind, Military Geek, interested in modern Military Technologies
Whether Brahmos is the deadliest or not it is a matter of debate . But it is certainly effective. But any conclusion cannot be reached with one sided arguments i.e. we have compare Brahmos with western cruise ship-killer cruise missiles like Harpoon of USA.
布拉莫斯是不是最致命的導彈，是一個有爭議的問題。但它確實是先進導彈。但是任何結論都不能通過片面的論點來得出，比如我們把布拉莫斯導彈和西方的巡航導彈作比較，比如美國的“魚叉”導彈。
1.Stealth and Agility vs Stealth and speed: Western anti-ship missiles such as the Harpoon and Exocet are not supersonic, they depends on stealth and agility to counter missile defense system. Brahmos is big missile rushing at 2.8 mach speed and hence, more detectable. But, the idea is to make it stealthy enough to avoid early detection. So, when it gets detected because of its heat release, it is too late for any missile defense system.
2.Size matters: US made small missiles so that jets can carry it. A f18 can carry more than two harpoon easily. But, Brahmos can be as 2500 kg. But, these same disadvantages make it the deadliest. Aircraft carriers are too sturdy as it has handle 20 ton jets landing at more than 100 mile/hr speed. So, it can withstand one or two hits of small missiles. Now, imagine a 2500 kg missile ramming at over 3300 km/hr speed with 300 kg explosive. Game over for any ship.
3.Brahmos is exception: It can bypass even the most advanced ship protection systems like Aegis Combat System, because even today, most of the ship protection systems are capable of handling cruise missile with 1.5 mach (or something around that speed) as those were mainly made for USSR missiles during cold era.
Brahmos is not the best as western missiles are more agile, intelligent, but it is very highly effective.
1.隱形和靈活vs隱形和速度：西方的反艦導彈如魚叉和飛魚不是超音速導彈，它們依靠隱形和靈活來對抗導彈防禦系統。布拉莫斯導彈是一種大型導彈，速度為2.8馬赫，因此更容易探測到。但是，我們要使它足夠隱祕，避免被早期探測到。當它最終因為熱當量而被探測到時，任何導彈防禦系統都為時已晚。
2.尺寸很重要：美國製造了小型導彈，以便噴氣式飛機攜帶。一架F18可以輕鬆攜帶兩支以上的魚叉導彈。但布拉莫斯重達2500公斤。但是，這些相同的缺點使它成為最致命的武器。航空母艦十分堅固，可以承受20噸重的噴氣式飛機以每小時100英里的速度降落在航母上。所以，它可以承受一兩次小型導彈的打擊。現在，想象一個2500公斤的導彈以3300公里/小時的速度和300公斤的炸藥量撞擊航母。任何航母都無力迴天。
3.布拉莫斯是例外：它甚至可以繞過最先進的船保護系統(比如“宙斯盾”作戰系統,因為即使在今天，大部分軍艦防禦系統有能力處理1.5馬赫速度的巡航導彈（主要是冷戰時期蘇聯製造的導彈。）
布拉莫斯導彈不是最好的，因為西方導彈更靈活、更智慧，但它依然非常有效。
Nikhil, lives in India
I disagree with the other answer. Brahmos is one of the deadliest supersonic anti ship and land attack cruise missiles in the world. It's not meant to have a long range as its for an entirely different purpose.
Brahmos has changed the Indian armed forces greatly. We now possess a missile against which Pakistan has no defense. It has bolstered our security by its prowess.
During tests , it hit the bulls eye every time and managed to hit a corvette just above the waterline . This is exceptional accuracy for a supersonic missile. Indian Navy currently has around 100 Brahmos deployed on its ships. It has given them an unprecedented boost in anti ship capability . No other missile In our inventory is as capable as the Brahmos.
It's mach 3 speed and 300 kg warhead and 290 km range is more than enough for the army to take out valuable enemy installations along the border and for the Navy to take out any enemy ship .
My conclusion is, Brahmos is the best missile in our region and it has totally changed the balance of naval power with its induction in the Navy .
我不同意另一個答案。布拉莫斯是世界上最致命的超音速反艦和陸地攻擊巡航導彈之一。它沒有很大的射程，因為它的目標完全不同。
布拉莫斯極大地改變了印度軍隊。我們現在擁有一種巴基斯坦無法防禦的導彈。它以其威力加強了我們的國防安全。
在測試中，它每一次都能擊中了目標，並能擊中水面以上的護衛艦。這對於超音速導彈來說是非常精確的。印度海軍目前部署了大約100艘布拉莫斯導彈。這給了他們前所未有的反艦能力。我們的武器庫中沒有其他導彈能比得上布拉莫斯。
它的3馬赫的速度和300公斤的彈頭，290公里的射程足以讓陸軍摧毀邊界上敵方的值錢軍備，也足以讓海軍摧毀任何敵艦。
我的結論是，布拉莫斯導彈是我們地區最先進的導彈，完全改變了海軍力量的平衡。
Kruno Rajkovic, an avid reader of military technology papers and books.
Brahmos is ONE OF THE BEST cruise missiles in the world. Few people already mentioned here that Brahmos is great in its anti ship role. But even in that department it's not the best. Sure it's the fastest anti ship missile but when you go fast you radiate heat and therefore you're much more visible to any defense then subsonic missile. Also US anti ship missile LRASM which is much slower then Brahmos is superior in its stealthines and it's incredibly smart meaning it can avoid and sense enemy defense layers on its own and operate in GPS and radar denied environment.
Then there is the matter of range. Brahmos is thought of as a short range cruise missile especially when you compare it to Tomahawk or Russian Kalibr cruise missile which can be fixed from over 1000 miles. So Brahmos would be useless against any target beyond 290 km. There ar many more examples and that's why Brahmos is considered one of the best missiles for short range anti ship role.
布拉莫斯是世界上最先進的巡航導彈之一。有少數人提到了布拉莫斯在反艦方面的威力。但即使在這個領域，它也不是最好的。當然，它是最快的反艦導彈，但當你速度很快時，會散發出熱量，因此你比亞音速導彈更容易被任何防禦系統發現。此外，美國反艦導彈LRASM比布拉莫斯導彈要慢得多，它的隱形能力更強，而且非常聰明，這意味著它可以自己避開和探測敵方防禦層，並在GPS和雷達探測不到的環境下工作。
然後是射程問題。布拉莫斯導彈被認為是一種短程巡航導彈，特別是當你把它與戰斧或俄羅斯Kalibr巡航導彈相比時（可以在1000多英里外發射）。所以布拉莫斯導彈對290公里以外的目標毫無用處。還有更多的例子，這就是為什麼布拉莫斯導彈被認為是最好的短程反艦導彈之一。
Veerappan Laxman, Engineer, Gamer, Dreamer, likes History, Science, Technology and Peace. Dislikes Politics, Terrorism, Viole...
It's the best "Supersonic" curise missile today - different types of cruise missiles have completely different purposes and operational methods.
BrahMos is the fastest cruise missile and has the longest range of any supersonic cruise missile at 290km. This alongwith high accuracy and a unique movement applied at the last leg of the missile flight increasing it's penetration drastically make it the deadliest supersonic cruise missile currently available.
It's mainly meant for short range coastal/naval engagements. In land warfare, for quick tactical strikes of important and well defended targets.
The level of threat by this missile is so great - that the US Navy has commissioned a project to get their own equivalen missile system or buy BrahMos - the reports are available from Startfor and other defence forum/companies forums.
它是當今最先進的“超音速”巡航導彈——不同型別的巡航導彈有完全不同的用途和操作方法。
布拉莫斯是最快的巡航導彈，射程290公里，是所有超音速巡航導彈中最遠的。這個射程與高精度及導彈飛行末段獨特的運動軌跡，增加了它的突防能力，使它成為目前最致命的超音速巡航導彈。
它主要用於近距離的沿海/海上作戰。在陸戰中，用於對重要和防禦良好的目標的快速戰術打擊。
這種導彈的威脅程度極大，迫使美國海軍立項研發他們自己的等效導彈系統或購買布拉莫斯—在Startfor和其他國防論壇/公司論壇裡能看到對這個事件的報道。
Sachin, running my defence blog from last 10 years
Brahmos, Indo-Russian joint venture to develop a Super-sonic cruise missile. India have 50.5% of stake in Brahmos Aerospace ltd. Company (49.5% of stake is of Russian side). Brahmos Aerospace ltd is a Joint Venture company which developed the world's fastest cruise missile (Brahmos). Brahmos can launched from different platforms, it can be launched from submarine, ships, Aircraft(under testing), and it also can be fired from land too. Brahmos Aerospace Ltd company owned by govt. And it was founded in 1998.
Brahmos can destroy any target with in 290 km of range with 2.8 to 3.0 mac of speed ( which can be 3400 km/h to 3700 km/h approx.) Due to its speed and special features its is a non-intercept-able missile by any of radar present in this world. One more thing is that Brahmos cruise at a very low level which makes it non traceable .In 2001 first test of Brahmos taken place from chandipur (integrated test range) and its second test were taken at ITR in 2004 from mobile launcher.
印度—俄羅斯合資研發的一種超音速巡航導彈。印度擁有布拉莫斯航空航天公司50.5%的股份。公司(49.5%股權為俄羅斯方)布拉莫斯航空有限公司是一家合資公司，研發了世界上最快的巡航導彈(布拉莫斯)。布拉莫斯導彈可以從不同的平臺發射，可以從潛艇、艦艇、飛機(正在測試中)上發射，也可以從陸地發射。布拉莫斯航空有限公司由政府所有，成立於1998年。
布拉莫斯可以摧毀290公里範圍內的任何目標，時速2.8到3.0馬赫(約3400公里/小時到3700公里/小時)。鑑於其速度和特點，它是一種任何雷達也無法攔截的導彈。另外布拉莫斯巡航的高度非常低，這使得它無法被追蹤到。2001年布拉莫斯的第一次測試在昌迪普爾進行(綜合測試範圍)，2004年在ITR從移動發射架進行了第二次測試。
Anthony Tauro, Casual Observer
By most counts, the answer is no. In fact, I doubt it does much for the Indian security needs either.
The BrahMos is the fastest cruise missile in the world, but has a range of less than 300 km. Pakistan's Babur on the other hand has a range of 700 km.
Cruise missiles have their advantages, but the big one right now is that they are hard to detect.
The armed forces of the world have been focusing on building defense systems against conventional, ballistic missiles. India is working with Israel to build one similar to the Iron Dome, but using the Prithvi missile.
But these are Anti-Ballistic Missile systems, and wont work against cruise missiles. Further Pakistan does not even have an ABM program, so Indian ballistic missiles are quite sufficient if needed. On the other hand, a range of 300 km keeps most of China out of the Brahmos' range.
多數情況下，答案是否定的。事實上，我懷疑這對印度的國防需求沒有多大幫助。
布拉莫斯是世界上最快的巡航導彈，但射程不到300公里。而巴基斯坦的巴布林導彈的射程為700公里。
巡航導彈有它們的優勢，但目前最大的優勢是它們很難被探測到。
世界各國的武裝部隊一直致力於建立針對常規彈道導彈的防禦系統。印度正在與以色列合作建造一個類似“鐵穹”的導彈，但使用的是“普里特維”導彈。
但這些都是反彈道導彈系統，對巡航導彈不起作用。此外，巴基斯坦甚至沒有反彈道導彈計劃，所以如果需要，印度的彈道導彈就足夠了。另一方面，300公里的射程使中國大部分地區無法進入布拉莫斯導彈的射程。
Ashis Kumar, studied Master of Business Administration Degrees
To Start with: BrahMos is not ICB or terrain hugging Cruse Missile . It is not meant for deterrence, primarily. In an actual war scenario, BrahMos will be use widely to take out tactical target where bombing with plain is not feasible. As is best stated; attack from ship at tactical land targets or to other ship. And other tactical targets that the army would like to take out to break stalemate and march forward.
The terrain hugging Cruse Missile have other purpose. They are to take out precision targets located more internally in the land. Say like a Electric Sub Station or a Train Station or an administrative building which are likely to be protected with SAM. India has Nirbhay for that propose.
首先：布拉莫斯導彈不是洲際彈道導彈，也不是地對地導彈。這主要不是為了威懾。在真實戰爭中，布拉莫斯會被廣泛地用於清除戰術目標，在平原轟炸是不可行的。這是最好的說明；從船上攻擊戰術陸地目標或其他船隻。和其他戰術目標，軍隊想要打破僵局，前進。
地對地導彈還有其他用途。他們的任務是消滅更多位於陸地內部的精確目標。比如某個變電站，某個火車站或者某個行政大樓，它們都可能受到SAM的保護。印度已經準備好了。
Rajbirendra Choudhary, Weapon analyst and knowledge collecter.
Gentlemen,
Brahmos is most unique one…..even if it is detected 150km away, still you have less than 150 seconds to react and trust me i analysed every aspect on availible internet platform and found that it is deadliest one….
1- with speed mach 2.8 its KE is about 32 times the tomhawk
2-it changes its trajectory every second
3-extremely difficult to intercept
So, it is best and deadliest.
先生們,
布拉莫斯是最獨特的……即使它會在150公里外被探測到，你還有不到150秒的反應時間，相信我，我在可用的網際網路平臺上分析了各個方面，發現它是最致命的導彈……
1.它的時速達到2.8馬赫，它的動能大約是tomhawk的32倍
2.它每秒鐘都在改變飛行軌跡
3.極難攔截
所以，它是最好的，也是最致命的導彈。
Neeraj U, Defence enthusiast
It fastest cruise missile in the world but that doesnt essentially mean it is the best , it depends on the mission profile if you consider anti ship missions then it can be considered as the best in the world but if you consider a land attack capabilty Tomahawk would be my pick beacuse of its range ,accuracy and the fact that it is battle proven . A Tomahwak missile can be launched at a moving truck from a destroyer which is 1500 km away but in the case of BrahMos it must be closer to its target to be effective (its range is being increased to 600 km as India has entered the MTCR) so if you want to attack on target using BrahMos it would under enemy threat due to its limited range .
它是世界上最快的巡航導彈，但實質上並不意味著它就是最好的，如果是反艦任務，那麼它可以說是世界上最好的，但是如果面對陸地進攻，我會選擇Tomahawk，因為其範圍、準確性和事實證明其更為優秀。Tomahwak導彈可以在1500公里之外的驅逐艦上的卡車發射，但布拉莫斯必須接近才能有效進攻(其範圍正在逐步提高至600公里）。
Freedom Fighter, PROFESSIONAL from The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (2018)
Hello Everyone,
Here, many experts saying that it is not the best and it's heavy and so on…., there is no missile that matches the capabilities of the BrahMos mainly because of the 2 reasons:-
1.Speed
2.Reliability
if you show me any missile better than this then I am open for the debate
大家好,
許多專家說它不是最好的，它很重等等……在美國，沒有一種導彈能與布拉莫斯導彈匹敵，原因主要有兩個
1.速度
2.可靠性
如果你能說出比這更好的導彈，我願意公開辯論