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The fastest cruise missile in the world is the BrahMos. It is jointly developed by India and Russia.
It travels at speeds of Mach 2.5 to 2.8 and is about three-and-a-half times faster than the U.S.A's subsonic Harpoon cruise missile. A hypersonic version of the missile is also presently under development (Lab Tested with 5.26 Mach Speed).
The acronym BrahMos is perceived as the confluence of the two nations represented by two rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia.
The line between a cruise missile and a "normal" surface-to-surface or air-to-surface missile is becoming blurred with the newer generation missiles. The two major characteristics of a cruise missile used to be slow speed (subsonic) provided by a jet turbine engine, and very long range (1000km+). Typical SSM or ASMs powered by rockets had low-mach (2-3) speed and short range (100km or so). The BrahMos and similar missiles sit inbetween the two: a high speed (4+ Mach), and intermediate range (300-500km). Furthermore, while cruise missiles used to be solely used in the land-target mode, and ASM/SSMs were EITHER dedicated anti-ship OR dedicated land attack, the newer generation has the capablity to do both well without requiring a guidance package change. Thus, frankly, the older designation of "cruise missile" doesn't fit well with the newer BrahMos and cousins, and we really should come up with a whole new categorization for these weapons.
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