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Thursday, July 06, 2006

BrahMos missiles strengthen India's defense

The Indian Army has received the first battalion of BrahMos coastal supersonic mobile anti-ship cruise missiles, which were developed by the Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Airspace Ltd. The Indian Navy was the first to get these missiles, and Indian generals also want to install BrahMos missiles on the Sukhoi Su-30-MKI Flanker multi-purpose fighters being produced by New Delhi under a Russian license.

BrahMos Airspace Ltd. was established in India in 1998 by the Machine Building Research and Production Association (NPO) from Reutov, outside Moscow, and the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of the Indian Defense Ministry for the purpose of mastering production of these supersonic anti-ship missiles. Company documents said the new joint venture would develop, produce, market and sell BrahMos cruise missiles.

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