With a combat range of approximately 1,500 kilometer without air refueling, the BrahMos-armed Sukhoi can attack the high seas or enemy positions, bunkers, command-end -Constitutes a lethal weapons package for precision strikes against high-value targets such as warships on the go. Prefers center and on the ground. IAF chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chowdhary last week said that the deadly combination of BrahMos missiles mounted on Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets, which can travel at Mach 2.8, almost three times the speed of sound take off from, has increased the “deterrence value” of the IAF. leaps and bounds above”.