China claims its supersonic cruise missile HD-1 can challenge India's BrahMos


Beijing, Nov 10 (Zee News): China on Friday disclosed the technical details of its supersonic cruise missile, HD-1, leading military experts to believe that it has the potential to compete with the BrahMos missile jointly developed by India and Russia, as reported by Chinese media Global Times.

A mining company, Guangdong Hongda Blasting, disclosed the details at the Airshow China 2018 in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province.

The company described that the October-tested missile uses a solid-propellant ramjet that can reach targets 290 kilometres away at a speed of Mach 2.2 to 3.5. The missile weighs 2,200 kilograms, can fly as high as 15 kilometres and as low as 5-10 meters when sea skimming, according to the report.

The company claimed that the time taken to prepare for the launch of the missile is less than 5 minutes and less than 10 seconds to launch a second missile. It also described that the missile can accurately hit ground and sea targets.

The HD-1 can be launched from a land-based transport erection and launch vehicle (TEL). One TEL can be loaded with 6 missiles, which can be fired with a single push of a button, added the report.

The vehicle adopts an 8x8 all-wheel chassis, making it very mobile and can withdraw within 3 minutes after launch, ensuring its strong battlefield survivability, according to the report.

Alongwith the basic version, the company also unveiled the HD-1A, an HD-1 variant that can be launched in the air by fighter jets and bombers and has similar capabilities. The HD-1 can also be launched from a ship, the report added.

On the other hand, the BrahMos missile can fly almost three times the speed of sound at Mach 2.8 and has a range of 290 km. The range of the BrahMos missile can be further extended up to 400 km.

The BrahMos is a medium range ramjet supersonic cruise missile and can be launched from the land, air and the sea. It is a joint venture between India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Russian Federation's NPO Mashinostroeyenia.

The word BrahMos is a portmanteau of rivers Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia. It boasts of a speed of Mach 2.8 to 3.0, making it the fastest anti-ship cruise missile in the world. Its speed is now being upgraded to Mach 5.0. It was inducted into service in 2006 and is used by the Indian Army, Air Force and the Navy. It weighs between 2,500 kg and 3,000 kg, has a length of about 8.4 meters with a warhead of about 200-300 kg.

According to the Beijing-based military analyst, Wei Dongxu, the flight speed and altitudes of HD-1 make it very difficult to intercept. "It could be an awesome aircraft carrier killer. A saturated attack by the HD-1 can even demolish an entire fleet," he said as reported by Global Times. The HD-1's capability has already surpassed early versions of the BrahMos, the reporter said quoting Wei.

  

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  • Raj, Mangalore

    Sun, Nov 11 2018

    Does India have a conceptions of its interests? India has not put restrictions on Chinese companies involvement in critical industries. Chinese companies dominate the Indian mobile phone industry.

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  • Raj, Mangalore

    Sun, Nov 11 2018

    China has a national strategy to steal technology from the West to threaten Asia and the world. India has no comprehensive national strategy to fund research and development in critical areas such as solar technology, electric vehicles and artificial intelligence.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Sat, Nov 10 2018

    China claim may be true because of fast developing technology and science.

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  • Anil, MP

    Sat, Nov 10 2018

    We have Feku... Whose lies travels faster then ur HD 1....
    Along with Feku we have chaddis too...

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Sat, Nov 10 2018

    At any cost China products are far better than our products. Most of the Make In India products parts are from China only. And Patel's statue also from China only.

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  • pradeep, mangalore

    Sat, Nov 10 2018

    HD-1 can never challenge our own HDK

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  • Orton, Mangalore

    Sat, Nov 10 2018

    But China cannot challenge Feku 56 inch chest

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  • Nash, Mangalore

    Sat, Nov 10 2018

    Can Rahul Vinci and CONgress stand a chance against these super powers with their bhagya approach mentality. India needs leaders like Modi to become super power.

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  • pradeep, mangalore

    Sat, Nov 10 2018

    Under Modi Cowernment we will be only super cower

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  • geoffrey, hat hill

    Sat, Nov 10 2018

    Get your facts right mister. First version of Brahmos was inducted into Indian Navy INS Rajput way back in 2005.

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  • Rolf, Dubai

    Sat, Nov 10 2018

    Better to name missile by name Fequ.

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