India to sell missiles to ‘friendly countries’
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By IndiaExpress Bureau
India is planning to sell missiles to "friendly countries" soon according to media reports that quoted defence sources.
The systems earmarked for export include cruise and anti-tank guided missiles, which will not violate international laws governing the sale of missiles -- such as the Missile Technology Control Regime, the reports said.
In January, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said several countries were interested in buying the BrahMos missile, which India is developing with Russia.
The BrahMos is a 280-kilometre range cruise missile meant for Indian warships and submarines.
The state-run Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) was exploring the option of exporting subsystems of the homegrown surface-to-surface Prithvi missile.
Exporting the entire missile could have security implications for India, which was why the sale of subsystems was being considered, the report said.
"The missile will go to Singapore but from there we do not know what its final destination is," the paper quoted an unidentified BDL official as saying.
"This is a big problem owing to which we can only export subsystems."
BDL has secured orders from Malaysia and a number of other countries had also shown interest in buying missiles from India, the report added.
The prices for some types of missiles -- around Rs 420,000 -- are far less than those quoted in the international market, the report added.
In February, BDL and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company unveiled plans to jointly manufacture missiles for export.
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Prithvi
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Originally posted by cavsg:
What kind of subsystems? Rocket technology?
The state-run Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) was exploring the option of exporting subsystems of the homegrown surface-to-surface Prithvi missile.
Exporting the entire missile could have security implications for India, which was why the sale of subsystems was being considered, the report said.
"The missile will go to [b]Singapore but from there we do not know what its final destination is," the paper quoted an unidentified BDL official as saying.
"This is a big problem owing to which we can only export subsystems."
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subsystems as in other tech and weapon platforms derived from the Privthi lah...
they got mention what... AT missiles and cruise missiles...
not interested/interesting lah... they sell the privthi THEN it gets interesting
still, its not a fantastic weapons platform... one of the other subsystems, a proposed SAM system got scrapped cos "technical problems"...
u can't even get a missile to fly straight INTO the sky and u expect it to spin properly to hit something ACCURATELY on the ground?
no thanks... unproven, unsophisticated, may even turn out to be unreliable...
if malaysia buys it, i say GOOD LUCK! thats one more clutter to their logistic bottleneck... -
malaysia bought this from themOriginally posted by CX:if malaysia buys it, i say GOOD LUCK! thats one more clutter to their logistic bottleneck... -
Milan? ok hang on... was the Milan a French weapon or Indian weapon ?
Btw. the Cruise missile looks HUGE.... -.- -
Milan is French. Perhaps they got license agreement with the French to built them. Won't be surprised since French sale India quite a number of stuffs.Originally posted by Moonstriker:Milan? ok hang on... was the Milan a French weapon or Indian weapon ?
Btw. the Cruise missile looks HUGE.... -.-
The other is NOT a cuise mssile. It is an IRBM or Intermediate range Ballistic missile. -
chey... just took a surf around... the Privthi is LIQUID fuelled... its the Agni that anybody (particularly Pakistan ) has to worry about... solid fuelled, 2 stage IRBM... that one is something to boast about.
and since the world's most populous democracy can't sell either technology without looking like the world's most populous rogue state, its no biggie... India is not North Korea... they can't ship missiles to other countries and flip the UN the bird when they get caught...
the attempt to sell the subsystems just seems to be a move to offset some of the costs of this tremendously expensive product... and to establish India's position in the global arms market by offering a lower price than western countries.
so... with the new Indian "milan" ATGM, has anyone been counting how many ATGM systems are now in the MAF?
they had the eryx, some pakistani model i can't remember, and now, this??? wah lau... another zoo... and all with range of around 2 km... sigh...
they win already lah... yeah right... reduce reliance on one dominant supplier... by fragmenting your inventory and farking up your supply chain...
which is worse? not being able to buy weapons or having SO MANY different systems that u can't support ANY one of them properly? -
why the heck do the malaysians need another type of ATGM??
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Yes, the MAF uses the Eryx, Milan (Indian licensed copy), Baktar Shikan (Pakistani copy of China's Red Arrow 8 ATGM) and are interested in Russia's METIS-M ATGM. Distribution depends on the unit - Armour, Infantry, Parachute Infantry (RDF) or Commandos.Originally posted by CX:,.............
so... with the new Indian "milan" ATGM, has anyone been counting how many ATGM systems are now in the MAF?
they had the eryx, some pakistani model i can't remember, and now, this??? wah lau... another zoo... and all with range of around 2 km... sigh...
they win already lah... yeah right... reduce reliance on one dominant supplier... by fragmenting your inventory and farking up your supply chain...
which is worse? not being able to buy weapons or having SO MANY different systems that u can't support ANY one of them properly?
The Eryx is a shorter range weapon - could be used at company level for selected units. The rest are using the Carl Gustav 84mm guns.
Section level LAW - Swedish C90 or RGP7. -
let em get what they want... supplies sure get very farked up one.....
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This also goes for their Sams. They have and will be getting Jernas, Starburst, Sa-16 Igla, Anza Mk 2. And all of them are low level short range ones.
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well, can't blame them for posturing from the standpoint of defence
or sheer strategic incoherence...