India, Russia to increase BrahMos' strike range
India and Russia have agreed to extend the range of their jointly developed BrahMos PJ-10 supersonic cruise missile beyond 292 km, Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre told parliament on 16 December.
Bhamre said that, subsequent to India joining the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) in June, New Delhi and Moscow agreed to undertake "joint technical development work" to extend the strike range of the radar-guided BrahMos.
MTCR restrictions had earlier prohibited Russia from transferring critical systems to India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) that would enable it to increase the missile system's currently restricted range to a figure greater than the 300 km imposed by the treaty.
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