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Army mulls deploying missile regiment in North East
Nagaland Post | New Delhi, Mar 31 (NPN)
Barely a week after United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) had claimed that the Government of Indian was secretly setting up “missile bases” in Northeast India, especially in Assam in view of “growing conflict with China”, BrahMos chief A Sivathanu Pillai Saturday said the Indo-Russian joint venture has developed an anti-aircraft carrier variant of the 290-km supersonic cruise missile and that the test firing for the steep dive variant was done for the Army and after its success.
He added that the path was clear for the induction of the fourth regiment of the missile for mountain warfare. The army has plans of deploying this missile regiment in the Northeast along the borders with China and the proposal was accorded sanction in a Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) meeting last year.
“We have achieved the capability to attack aircraft carriers using the supersonic vertical diving variant of the missile and after demonstrating the capability recently with high precision, we will now offer this to the Indian Navy,” BrahMos chief A Sivathanu Pillai said. The development comes in the backdrop of China’s first aircraft carrier undergoing scientific testing and training exercises ahead of its commissioning in August.
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