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BrahMos cruise missiles to Thailand

August 5 , 2019 1940 days 1199 0
  • Thailand is negotiating with India about its purchase of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles.
  • Possibly it will be the first sale of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to another country.
  • Thailand has made a request for repair and refurbishing their Dornier maritime patrol aircraft.
  • Discussions are on to integrate Thailand into India’s coastal surveillance radar chain network.
  • India, Thailand and Singapore trilateral naval exercise announced by Prime Minister at Shangri-La dialogue in June 2018 is scheduled to be held later this year.

  • India will host the first edition of the exercise in September this year.
  • The two navies already conduct a Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) and a new bilateral exercise is also in the works apart from the trilateral.

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