{"id":31930,"date":"2025-04-11T08:21:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T02:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31930"},"modified":"2025-04-16T17:52:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T12:22:32","slug":"bm-04-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bm-04-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"BM-04 Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>BM-04 Missile Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>India unveiled the BM-04 missile at a defense exhibition in Hyderabad last month. This next-generation short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) reflects India\u2019s focus on enhancing its conventional counterforce capabilities.<\/p>\n<h2>About BM-04 Missile<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The BM-04 is India&#8217;s latest short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Unveiled at the Vigyan Vaibhav 2025 defense exhibition in Hyderabad, it represents a significant advancement in India&#8217;s missile technology.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Size:<\/strong> The BM-04 is 10.2 meters long, 1.2 meters in diameter and weighs 11,500 kg.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Range: <\/strong>The missile has a two-stage solid-fuel propulsion system; it can engage targets located at a maximum distance of up to 1,500 km, with a 500 kg conventional warhead, and has a 30-meter circular error probability (CEP).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deployment:<\/strong> It can be deployed using a six-wheel indigenous transport erector launcher (TEL).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Like the existing missiles in the Indian arsenal, the BM-04 is canisterized, which allows the warheads to be mated with the delivery systems in advance, thus reducing the time required to fire the projectile.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The BM-04 incorporates a Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB), enabling it to maneuver during flight and evade enemy missile defenses. This design allows for unpredictable flight paths, enhancing its survivability against anti-access\/area denial (A2\/AD) systems.<\/li>\n<li>BM-04 missiles can be regularly upgraded with new warheads, sensors, and propulsion systems as the threat matrix evolves. This will make the BM-04 a robust and reliable system that can withstand future threats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>DRDO is India&#8217;s premier military research agency, dedicated to developing advanced technologies for national defence and security.<\/li>\n<li>Established in 1958 with the motto \u201cBalasya Mulam Vigyanam,\u201d DRDO undertakes indigenous design and development leading to the production of state-of-the-art weapon systems and technologies for the Indian armed forces.<\/li>\n<li>DRDO has seven technology clusters: Aeronautics, Armament, Combat Engineering, Electronics and Communication Systems, Microelectronic Devices and computational Systems, Life Sciences, and Naval Systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>BM-04 Missile FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1. <\/strong>What are the top 5 missiles of India?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>India&#8217;s top missiles include Agni-V (ICBM), BrahMos (supersonic cruise missile), Prithvi-II (SRBM), Akash (surface-to-air missile), and Nirbhay (subsonic cruise missile).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2. <\/strong>What is the BM-04 missile?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>The BM-04 is a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) developed by India&#8217;s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3. <\/strong>What is the name of Agni 4 missile?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>Agni-IV is the fourth missile in India&#8217;s Agni series of ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2025\/04\/the-bm-04-missile-indias-next-generation-conventional-counterforce-weapon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DIPLOMAT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BM-04 is India&#8217;s latest short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}