BrahMos missile: According to a media report, the previous Congress-led UPA government’s indifference was the reason for the delays in the transfer of BrahMos missiles to foreign countries.
According to ABP News, the export of BrahMos missiles had considerable delays when the UPA government was in power.
According to the study, progress was halted due to a lack of political clearances.
A key conclusion of the investigation indicates that just before the Modi government took office in 2014, a team from BrahMos Aerospace was denied permission to visit the Philippines.
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The report also notes that in 2011, the Foreign Secretary at the time said that unless an export policy was developed, conversations regarding BrahMos exports would not proceed.
Moreover, in 2010, an Indonesian delegation was prevented from visiting BrahMos Aerospace in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi blasted Congress for postponing action in response to the report.
“Congress’s habit of delaying, diverting, and obstructing decisions, and making huge profits in the middle has dealt the biggest blow to the defence sector,” PM Modi wrote in an article on X.
The central government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, is increasing defense exports by sending a fourth BrahMos supersonic cruise missile battery to the Philippines at the same time as this report’s release.
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As part of a $375 million deal that the Philippines and India made in 2022, these weapons are being sent to the Philippines.
Each battery has four launchers that carry three 290-kilometer-range missiles on moveable platforms. This makes it hard for ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems on land or at sea to stop them.
India’s defense exports, which reached Rs 21,083 crore in 2023–2024 and rose by 32.5% yearly, are mostly due to the BrahMos deal.
