BrahMos II missile has 2013 date

The GenNext BrahMos II hypersonic missile is likely to be ready by 2013, according to BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited’s chief executive and managing director A Shivthanu Pillai.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) chief controller of research and development was speaking to reporters after his lecture at the Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT) in the city on Tuesday.

Pillai said BrahMos Aerospace has started working on an advanced version of the missile to prepare India for creating a defence system for cruise missiles.

Future wars will be fought with minimum manpower, but with high-powered weapons. “It will be network-centric and fought with intelligent systems,” he said.

Cyber warfare and robotic systems will dominate the battlefield, he added.