NEW DELHI (Sputnik) — The Indian Defense Ministry has decided to spend over $400 million on equipping six new warships with BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, produced jointly with Russia, IANS news agency reported Thursday.
This decision was made late on Wednesday at a regular meeting of the country’s Defense Acquisition Council under Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar.
Indian-Russian cooperation on defense technologies has evolved beyond a simple buyer-seller relationship in recent years to become one of collaborative research, design and production.
Production of the supersonic anti-ship missile BrahMos is an example of such collaboration. The missile has a range of 290 kilometers (180 miles) and can carry a conventional warhead of up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds).