The Indian Navy has moved a proposal for acquiring 38 extended range BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to enhance firepower of its warships. 
The BrahMos supersonic missiles are able to hit targets at a range of around 450 kilometres and would be the main strike weapon of warships of the maritime force. These missiles are already installed on several warships and will be fitted on the under-construction Vishakhapatnam class warships which would join active service in the near future.
“Rs 1,800 crore proposal for acquiring 38 extended range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is with the Defence Ministry and is expected to be approved soon,” government sources said. The Indian Navy had also carried out the firing test of the Brahmos missile from its warship INS Chennai to exhibit its capability to strike targets at a range of more than 400 km in highseas.
The government is also working to find export markets for the supersonic cruise missile which has been indigenously-built by the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) under its project PJ 10. The missiles had become a potent weapon for all three-armed forces after the launch of joint venture between India’s DRDO and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyeniya in 1998.