Russia has objected to Indian efforts to export the jointly produced anti-ship BrahMos missile to third countries. Sources here said that Moscow’s state arms export agency Rosoboronexport has expressed apprehensions that Indian efforts would edge the Russians out of the missiles market.For the past year, India has been making presentations to sell the missile to Malaysia, South Africa, Kuwait, Chile and Indonesia. India’s competitor to sell missiles to Malaysia is Russia itself. The Indian Navy has already installed the BrahMos system on its warships, while its air force variant is at an advanced stages of development.
Indian officials here believe the matter will be sorted out here during the visit of Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov later this month. Ivanov will hold talks with his Indian counterpart AK Antony on January 23-24 ahead of the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is to be chief guest at India’s Republic Day function on January 26. During the visit, India and Russia will hold talks on joint production of a fifth-generation fighter aircraft project. The aircraft will be a generation ahead of the Sukhoi 30 MKI and American joint strike F-35.
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