The China factor? Asian countries are rushing to buy India’s BrahMos missile

Описание: The China factor? Why Asian countries are rushing to buy India’s BrahMos missile
Since being first tested in 2001, many variants of the BrahMos have been developed. The next-gen BrahMos is believed to weigh just 1,290 kg compared to the 2,900 kg previously and also have a range of 400 km.
performance of the BrahMos during Operation Sindoor caught the world’s attention.
The missile’s first foreign customer was the Philippines. India would send three coastal defence batteries
India has closed the deal with Vietnam.
Vietnam may later purchase the air-launched version of BrahMos.
A similar deal with Indonesia is in the final stage.
Malaysia has expressed interest in the missile system, particularly the air-launched variant, which could be integrated with the Royal Malaysian Air Force’s Su-30MKM fighter jets.
There were also reports that Malaysia had begun preliminary negotiations with Russia and India for the missile.
countries such as the Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia lack the massive naval budgets required to handle China’s growing naval power and maritime expansionism.
By deploying shore-based BrahMos anti-ship missile batteries along their coastlines, these countries can establish effective anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) zones, he wrote in a post on X, adding, “In strategic terms, the BrahMos has emerged as the poor nation’s great naval equaliser — a relatively inexpensive weapon capable of imposing disproportionate costs on a much stronger adversary.
the countries purchasing the missile from India are those having territorial disputes with China.
Chinese experts have described it as a potential “troublemaker for international security” due to its capabilities and reach.