Indonesia And Malasia Keen on Buying Brahmos
April 14,2007 (FIDSNS)
New Delhi, Apr 13 : Indonesia has shown its interest to purchase the supersonic cruise missile “Brahmos”.
This comes after a three-day visit of Indonesian Navy Admiral Siamet Soebijanto to India, where he held discussions with his Indian counterpart Admiral Sureesh Mehta and Defence Secretary Shekhar Dutt.
Admiral Soebijanto, who visited the Brahmos complex in New Delhi was ‘impressed’ by the missiles’ capability and its manoeuvring skills.
The cruise missile has been jointly developed by India and Russia and has a range of 290 kms. The system has been accepted by Indian Navy for induction in their ships, and the army version was successfully flight tested on May, 2006.
Malaysia had also expressed its interest to buy this missile.
The Indonesian and Indian Navies will begin staff-level talks for the first time. This comes in the wake of Indonesian Parliament giving the green signal for the India-Indonesia 2001 Defence Agreement , under which India has agreed to transfer advanced military technology to Indonesia.
India and Indonesia already have a mechanism for joint patrol of their maritime borders since 2001.
Both countries also agreed to enhance their bilateral exchanges and collaborate each other in checking illegal trafficking of drug and arms in the Bay of Bengal, the Malacca Straits and the Indian Ocean.
Admiral Siamet Soebijanto also expressed his gratitude for the prompt aid and relief carried out by the Indian Navy just after the 2004 Tsunami and 2005 earthquake in Banda Aceh.
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