The First Country to Buy BrahMos Now Calls It "Unmatched" 🇮🇳🇵🇭

Описание: The Philippines, the first country to buy India's BrahMos, now calls the missile "unmatched". 🇮🇳🇵🇭

• Philippine Ambassador to India Josel F. Ignacio told ANI on 3 November that Manila is "very, very happy" and proud to be BrahMos's first export customer.
• "The kind of technology and defence deterrence that BrahMos accords us right now is unmatched," he said. Whether to buy more is for the Philippine defence establishment to decide.
• Reports (MaxDefense Philippines via idrw) say the Department of National Defense is likely to sign a new deal for more BrahMos coastal-defence batteries for the Philippine Army, which has already raised units to operate them. No signing has been announced.
• The first deal, signed in January 2022 for about $375 million, gave the Philippine Marine Corps three shore-based anti-ship batteries, training and logistics.

Footage: Indian Navy and IAF BrahMos firings (representative of the missile) and Philippine Marine Corps photos.

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SOURCES
ANI, Philippines "very happy" with made-in-India BrahMos missile systems; envoy calls tech "unmatched": https://aninews.in/news/world/asia/ph...
idrw, Philippines Expected to Sign New BrahMos Missile Deal for Army: https://idrw.org/philippines-brahmos-...
idrw, Philippines proud first BrahMos export customer: https://idrw.org/philippines-proud-fi...

FOOTAGE
INS Imphal fires BrahMos, 22 Nov 2023: Western Naval Command, Indian Navy (official release)
BrahMos land-attack firing, 24 Jan 2024: Indian Navy (official release)
INS Visakhapatnam fires BrahMos (2022): Indian Navy, GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons
Philippine Marine Corps BrahMos battalion and troops, 2022: Philippine Marine Corps, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
BrahMos contract signing, 28 Jan 2022: Department of National Defense (Philippines), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons