India, Russia jointly working towards Hypersonic Cruise Missiles

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http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/february/04/science_health/india_russia_jointly_working_towards_hypersonic_cruise_missiles.html

India and Russia are working jointly to explore possibilities of developing a more advanced weapon system than BrahMos -- probably a Hypersonic Cruise Missile, BrahMos Aerospace CEO and Managing Director A Sivathanu Pillai said.

Talking to reporters in Tiruchirapalli a city of Tamil Nadu state, Pillai said, "Now we are the leaders in supersonic missile system with the successful development of Brahmos Cruise Missiles."
To sustain the leadership, some work should be started, for which both the Russian and Indian governments have given their initial clearance, he added.

Pillai, who is also the chief controller of research and development wing of DRDO, said the works were in progress in this regard.

"Many countries will come forward to develop new products, which could be better than Brahmos. We can survive only by competitiveness and we don't want to be a second nation," he said.

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1. Next time, they can bomb Iraq. nt

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2. Russia already has 3 systems @ mach 3 or better

The Russian Navy is selling supersonic anti-ship missiles to Boeing, the Kh-31A missile (NATO designation, Krypton). Over a five year period, Russia will sell the U.S. 100 of these missiles. The Kh-31A flies at Mach 4.5 while its closest Russian twin, the Sunburn, which the Russians sold to the Chinese, flies at Mach 3.

http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/papers/vp01.cfm?outfit=pmt&requesttimeout=500&folder=66&paper=1080

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/05/26/newmissile.shtml

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/1/21/19480/1402