Ambassador of India Pankaj Saran felicitated Dr. Herbert Alexandrovich Yefremov, Padma Bhushan, and founder of the BrahMos Joint Venture, on his birthday on 15th March 2017 in Moscow. Dr. Yefremov is a key architect of India-Russia friendship.
The BrahMos is a short-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It is a joint venture between the Russian Federation's NPO Mashinostroeyenia and India's Defence Research and Development Organisation who have together formed BrahMos Aerospace.
