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India and Russia decide to start export the BrahMos missile by year-end to friendly countries - is Iran on the list?
Sonia Joshi
May 20, 2007
The first contract for the export of jointly developed Indo-Russian BrahMos cruise missile to a "friendly" country is in pipeline and could be inked by the end of 2007.
"First contract for the delivery of BrahMos cruise missiles to a friendly country is expected to be signed by the end of the year," CEO of the New Delhi-based BrahMos Aerospace Sivathanu Pillai said in Moscow.
International think tanks believe that Iran wants these BrahMos, to defend itself against Americans and Israelis. But it will be the biggest mistake for India. Islamic terrorists against India eventually can use these BrahMos one day.
BrahMos Joint Venture between India's Defense Research and Development Organization and Russian NPO Mashinostroyenia has been initially authorized by their respective governments to export the deadly missiles to mutually agree "friendly" countries and the list of potential importers would be extended. "There is a huge market for cruise missiles.
BrahMos is unique among cruise missiles due to its 2.8 Mach supersonic speed (all other cruise missiles are sub-sonic at present) and much-longer strike range.
It's the ultimate force-multiplier," Pillai said. It is expected that on achieving full production, BrahMos Aerospace could export at least 1000 missiles over a decade. The two countries are going to increase capacities for production of these cruise missiles, he said. The export version will basically be the anti-ship variant of the 290-km range BrahMos, already inducted into Indian Navy.
This year Indian Army is also scheduled to induct land-based version of the missile, while the work is in advanced stages to develop a compact version for arming Indian Air Force's Sukhoi Su-30 multifold fighters and long-range navel reconnaissance aircraft.
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