"Sir, for Pakistan, it is a free delivery item!" At an international arms expo in Abu Dhabi years ago, a Pakistani army general approached BrahMos Aerospace Founder and former CEO Dr A Sivathanu Pillai with an unexpected question: Would India sell its prized BrahMos missile to Pakistan? Recounting this incident on a recent podcast following Operation Sindoor, wherein India used BrahMos missiles to target and destroy Pakistani military airbases, Pillai said he told the general that Pakistan would receive the missiles "free" of cost. On 10 May, India launched several BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles at key Pakistani airbases in retaliation under Operation Sindoor. These included strikes on bunkers, hangars, and runways, with sources claiming accuracy levels close to one meter. BrahMos, a joint India-Russia venture, is now manufactured domestically and can be launched from land, sea, air, and submarine platforms. BrahMos was initially conceived as an anti-ship missile and its name was derived from the Brahmaputra and Moskva rivers. Explaining why Pakistan's defences, aided by Chinese systems, failed to intercept BrahMos, Pillai said, "This is supersonic. We operate it at 2.8 Mach. Tracking is difficult. The configuration is designed for low radar cross-section and high stealth. All of this was introduced into BrahMos." #SivathanuPillai #BrahMos #Missile #Supersonic #Defence #India #Pakistan #OperationSindoor #DefenceExpo #AbuDhabi #MiddleEast #IndianArmy #BrahMosAerospace #Russia