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Saturday, June 16, 2007

India's Army to induct BrahMos missiles on June 21

After a string of successful trials, the land version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by India and Russia will be inducted into the Army on June 21.

The missile will be handed over to the Army chief, Gen JJ Singh in New Delhi in the presence of President APJ Abdul Kalam, Defence Minister AK Antony and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, official sources said on Friday.

Kalam was one of the pioneers who initiated the BrahMos project with Russia and signed the agreement with the Russian government for the missile's development in his former capacity as Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.

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