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New Delhi, India and the Philippines will carry out a comprehensive review of their defence and strategic partnership on Wednesday with a focus on ramping up military ties against the backdrop of mutual concern over China's aggressive posturing in the South China Sea. India, Philippines to review defence ties, months after New Delhi supplies Brahmos missiles to Filipino military The …

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Backed by BrahMos, Navy’s Minicoy base to keep watch over Arabian Sea

Radars, jetties, airfield and BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles - the Indian Navy’s newest base being established on Minicoy Island in Lakshadweep, INS Jatayu, will have all these and many more. “Jatayu will be the ‘watchkeeper’ for Bharat at the gateway of Arabian Sea,” said Vice-Admiral Shekhar Sinha, former Western Naval Commander, noting its proximity to the busy Nine Degree Channel, …

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In her maiden Brahmos firing at sea, the Indian Navy's latest indigenous guided missile destroyer Yard 12706, also called Imphal, scored ‘Bull's Eye’ on Wednesday, the first-ever test-firing of the extended-range Brahmos missile by a warship before the commissioning. Imphal, the Indian Navy's latest indigenous guided missile destroyer Imphal is the third ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth-guided missile destroyer of …

After signing a $375 million contract with the Philippines for exporting the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, Brahmos Aerospace Private Ltd is looking to export the missile system and its compact next generation version to at least 10 countries, including South Africa and West Asian countries such as Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt. BrahMos NG for IAF, Trials on Land, Sea-Based …

Defence Research and Development Organisation on Wednesday successfully test fired the surface to surface BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. The extended range missile testfiring was witnessed by Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari and other defence officials. READ | Indian Navy successfully test fires advanced version of BrahMos missile The BrahMos missile was recently in the …

An extended range sea-to-sea variant of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was test fired on Tuesday from the recently commissioned stealth guided missile destroyer INSVisakhapatnam. “Advanced sea-to-sea variant of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was tested from INSVisakhapatnam today. Mission readiness Congratulating scientists on the successful test firing, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on social media, “The robustness of Indian Navy …

India and the Philippines are set to formally seal a government-to-government BrahMos deal soon, capping years of negotiations for the supply of a batch of the supersonic cruise missiles for the Philippine navy, people familiar with the development said on Thursday. The procurement is expected to signal a major upswing in India's strategic ties with the Philippines which has been …

On Sunday, the Indian Navy commissioned its tenth destroyer, the Indian Naval Ship Visakhapatnam, built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited in Mumbai. Naval theorists are giving finishing touches on an aggressive grand strategy where the army holds the Chinese at the Himalayan border, while the navy goes on the offensive in the Indian Ocean. With information dominance in the South …

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BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired on Sunday from the Indian Navy's indigenously-built stealth destroyer INS Chennai, hitting a target in the Arabian Sea, the Defence Research and Development Organisation said on Sunday. "BRAHMOS, the supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired today on 18th October 2020 from Indian Navy’s indigenously-built stealth destroyer INS Chennai, hitting a target …