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Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile named after two rivers, the Brahmaputra in India and the Moskva in Russia. Akash is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile defense system.

Detailed explanation-2: -BrahMos-II or BrahMos-2 or BrahMos Mach II (note:Not to be confused with the BrahMos block II) is a hypersonic cruise missile currently under joint development by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyenia, which have together formed BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.

Detailed explanation-3: -The BrahMos can attain a speed of MACH 2.8 to MACH 3. It can be upgraded to speeds of MACH 5 (Hypersonic).

Detailed explanation-4: -APJ Abdul Kalam, then DRDO Chairman from India and Russian Deputy Defence Minister N V Mikihilov, who was also head of NPO Mashinostroyenyia. The name BrahMos is a portmanteau, coined from two rivers, Brahmaputra of India and Moskva of Russia.

Detailed explanation-5: -It paved the way for BrahMos Aerospace - the joint venture entity between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM). The aim of the partnership was to design, develop, manufacture and market world’s only supersonic cruise missile system - BRAHMOS.