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Philippine Personnel Completes BrahMos Anti-Ship Missile System Training
21 Philippine Navy personnel completed the “Operator Training” of the BrahMos Shore Based Anti-Ship Missile System in India.
18 February 2023
21 Philippine Navy personnel completed the “Operator Training” of the BrahMos Shore Based Anti-Ship Missile System in India.
The Chief Executive Officer of Brahmos Aerospace company, Atul Rane, told Russian TASS agency that the hypersonic version of the BrahMos cruise missile, the BrahMos-II, may include technology from Russia’s Tsirkon hypersonic missile.
BrahMos Aerospace signed a contract with the Philippines on January 28, 2022 for the supply of Shore Based Anti-Ship Missile Systems.
India’s DRDO conducted a successful test-fire of the BrahMos missile with enhanced indigenous content and improved performance on January 20.
The Philippine Department of National Defense issued a NOA indicating the government’s approval to purchase the BrahMos missile system.
India’s newest P15B stealth guided-missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam (D-66) conducted a live test-firing of the advanced sea to sea variant of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on January 11.
The new Brahmos Manufacturing Center in Lucknow will produce from 80 to 100 Brahmos missiles per year, the Indian Defense Ministry’s press office said.
The Air version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired from the supersonic fighter aircraft Sukhoi 30 MK-I at 1030 hrs from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on December 08, 2021.
On March 2, 2021, the Philippines and India signed a government-to-government agreement on defense equipment procurement, paving the way for the sale of the Brahmos missile to the Philippines.
