‘Can’t Be Intercepted’: DRDO Official On Why BrahMos Was Used During Operation Sindoor

India’s BrahMos, a supersonic missile which was used to strike targets deep inside Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, cannot be intercepted by any known air defence systems, including those of Pakistan and China, a top official said on Sunday.

A report claimed that India used the BrahMos missiles to decimate targets inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, which was confirmed by Islamabad through a statement after the ceasefire.

“The Brahmos is a supersonic missile. It cannot be intercepted by the air defence systems of Pakistan and China. It cannot be intercepted by any known Defence system in the world,” Dr Sudhir Kumar Mishra, Ex DG (BrahMos) DRDO, told CNN-News18 in an exclusive interview.

He said that India is a “superpower” when it comes to missiles.

“We have access and developed our own technology to meet any time of requirement of the Armed Forces. Nowadays, dogfights don’t happen. The reason is that if any aircraft launches a missile, this missile will lock onto enemy aircraft. Once the aircraft is locked, it’s very difficult to evade,” he said.

BrahMos missiles have a range of 300 km onwards, the official said. Recently, reports claimed that the tests conducted in the Bay of Bengal demonstrated a striking range of up to 800 km.

These missiles can cause huge damage to the runways. Yesterday, satellite images showed damage to the runway at Pakistan’s Sargodha airbase. It was one of the eight airbases struck by the Indian projectiles.

“The Brahmos Missile has a range of 300 km onwards. Coming to the warhead – it uses a conventional warhead – it’s not nuclear. Within minutes, we can reach 300 km. It can cause huge damage to the runways. We have land-to-land version, land-to-ship, ship-to-land. We can launch Brahmos from Sukhoi-30 also. Our air defence system has proved that it can deny any tactic by adversaries,” he said.

The official informed that BrahMos can disable any use of the assets and is capable of inflicting severe damage.

“If we launch the BrahMos towards the enemy air base, we can create a lot of damage. India and Russia only have a liquid Supersonic Cruise Missile. Even the US doesn’t have this. It’s completely indigenous,” he said.

“BrahMos is a cruise missile, which means it can take a trajectory from Low to high. It’s very difficult for any ship-based radar to detect. BrahMos has the capability to reach anywhere. It’s very accurate. It’s accurate to the pinpoint level,” he added.