Amongst the best
Having played a key role in the nation's missile programmes, Mishra has also worked on several international projects. And he ranks India's capabilities in this field amongst the finest.
"Having years of enriched experience in India's defence programmes, especially in the missile projects, I must say that India today stands tallest among many nations in designing and developing a wide range of sophisticated missiles successfully. The foremost being the Agni series of ballistic missiles.
"Despite the restrictive technology denial regime imposed on us by the developed nations for several decades, we have emerged victorious in developing our own critical systems and technologies as deterrent and are now proud to own and produce many tactical and strategic missiles. DRDO work ethics, value system and technical training has created deep impact on me and prepared me to undertake the challenging task as head of the World's best cruise missile company. Moreover, Dr. Avinash Chander the present DRDO Chief has groomed me to undertake leadership and challenges, and deliver weapon systems to the nation on promised schedule," Mishra explains.
Vision for BrahMos
BrahMos today is the world's leading supersonic cruise missile, with flight results which has established accuracy, reliability, ease of operation, fastest reaction time and practically no maintenance during storage when compared to other cruise missiles available in the world market.
The missile system is planned to be launched from submarine and Su-30MKI platforms. The supersonic cruise missile system has already been inducted in the Indian Army and Indian Navy.
The name BrahMos represents the fury of India's Brahmaputra River and the grace of Russia's Moskva River. Mishra wants to unleash this potent power in the segment of missile manufacturing in India.
"In future, BrahMos endeavours to develop the fastest hypersonic missile in the world, which would travel at speeds above Mach 5 being practically invincible to enemy radars owing to its stealth technology and speed.
"Our vision is to remain as the world leader in the field of Cruise Missile Systems, excelling through Research and Development efforts in design and software upgrades and delivering a state-of-the-art weapon complex. We want to retain our leadership as the producers of world's best cruise missile system in the years to come in both supersonic and hypersonic arena."
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