As part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal to export $5 billion worth of military gear by 2025, India has received orders for BrahMos cruise missiles worth $2.3 billion.
On Wednesday, the Cabinet Committee on Security in New Delhi approved the purchase of 200 BrahMos extended-range supersonic cruise missiles. The new weaponry, which Russia and India collaborated to create, will set you back about $2.3 billion, or about 190 billion rupees. According to claims in Indian media on Thursday, they will be deployed on warships. It is anticipated that the agreement with the Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace will be signed the following month.
BrahMos missiles, named after the Brahmaputra River in India and the Moskva in Russia, have an initial range of 290 kilometers (180 miles), although with improvements, that range has been increased to between 450 and 500 kilometers.
Visitors walk past a model of India’s Brahmos supersonic cruise missile displayed at the Defenc...
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