Brahmos Missile Is Internationally Competitive

Indian Government News, The Brahmos missile, developed by the DRDO, is internationally competitive and is able to cater to a large market for its availability in time and state of the art performance, CEO of BrahMos Aerospace, A Sivathanu Pillai, said on Tuesday. 
 
Delivering the special convocation address at the Satyabhama University, Pillai said the Brahmos missile was “the fastest operational cruise missile existing in the world today and could be launched from land, air or sea to precisely hit the target with high lethal effect”. 
 
The product had been developed with a minimum incremental investment of USD 250 million and led to production and induction at a relatively shorter time frame, ahead of prescribed schedule, he said. 
 
Early entry of the missile into the world market, well before any competitor could emerge, had been made possible due to its superior performance, cost effectiveness, high reliability and availability, he said adding this had shown that India was emerging great in the comity of nations. 
 
It was time for the country not to miss the revolution in technology, which would further India on the top, he said adding that by 2025, India would be one of three top economies of the world, along with China and the United States. 
 
He said the world needed large number of talented youths with higher education and the Indian Universities should be able to create two cadres of personnel – one global cadre with higher education and another skilled youth with specific knowledge of special skills like construction, carpentry, fashion design, para-medical and accountancy.