BrahMos Missile's Combat Debut During Operation Sindoor in May 2025

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• That was cue enough for many countries to take keen interest in the missile.India had signed a $375-million deal in January 2022 to supply three BrahMos batteries to the Philippines.
• Its combat debut came during Operation Sindoor in May 2025, where it played a decisive role.“Nothing gives more pleasure to a military scientist than seeing a weapon system perform to perfection in an actual battle.
• Impressed, New Delhi signed an inter-governmental agreement with Russia in 1998 to establish what would become BrahMos Aerospace.The agreement itself was a rare one.
• As the US Tomahawk cruise missiles struck Iraqi targets with remarkable precision during the First Gulf War (1990-91), their effectiveness was keenly analysed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation in.
• Sivathanu Pillai became the founding CEO and MD of the company.”The BrahMos project took off in 1997.That year, a team of 27 Indians—DRDO scientists, officials from government defence firms and representatives of.