PH Navy acquires cruise missiles from India for $374M

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The government has awarded a $374-million (P19 billion) contract to India to equip the Philippine Navy with the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missiles.

In a Facebook post on Friday, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he signed on Dec. 31 the notice of award to BrahMos Aerospace Private Ltd., an Indian-Russian aerospace and defense joint venture.

The project, which was negotiated with the Indian government, includes the delivery of three batteries of BrahMos missiles, training for operators and maintainers, as well as the necessary integrated logistics support package. The Philippine Navy Shore-Based Anti-Ship Missile Acquisition Project was part of the second horizon of the Revised Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Program.

It has a maximum range of more than 400 kilometers and a velocity of Mach 2.8 , which is currently the world’s fastest cruise missile. BrahMos is currently developing a much faster hypersonic missile, with a range of 600 km and speed of Mach 8.

 

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