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- ↑ https://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/English/index.jsp?pg=chiefcontrollers-brahmos.jsp [ dead link ]
- ↑ "BrahMos welcomes Shri Sudhir Kumar Mishra, its new CEO & MD :: BrahMos.com". www.brahmos.com.
- ↑ "Sudhir Mishra to be new head of BrahMos Corporation". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 16 June 2014 – via Business Standard.
- ↑ "Sudhir Mishra to replace Pillai as BrahMos chief". 17 June 2014.
- ↑ "Trial to validate life extension of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile conducted successfully". India Today.
- ↑ "Successive test firing of Brahmos Missile to validate Critical Indigenous Components". pib.nic.in.
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- ↑ "..:: India Strategic ::. Appointments: Dr Sudhir Mishra Appointed CEO & MD of BrahMos Aerospace". www.indiastrategic.in.