BrahMos missile deal signed with Vietnam

Defense Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said India has signed an agreement with Vietnam under which it will supply BrahMos missiles, which it has jointly developed with Russia.

“With Vietnam, I understand it [the deal] “It has already been signed, maybe not publicly announced. But it has already been signed,” Singh said at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore.

He said India is in the “final stages” of signing a similar deal with Indonesia.

The Philippines was the first foreign buyer of the BrahMos missile system from India, signing a deal worth $375 million due in 2022.

Reuters news agency earlier reported that the deal with Vietnam could be worth about 60 billion rupees ($629 million), including training and logistics support.

Speaking at the Shangri-La Defense Forum, Singh said India has a strong commitment to ASEAN countries, “and we consider all of you as ‘friendly foreign countries’ with whom we can share advanced defense technologies.”

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