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India, Vietnam Hold Talks on Sale of Akash, Brahmos Missiles 07 Februari 2017 Brahmos Mobile Autonomous Launchers version (photo : wiki) New Delhi: India has held a range of talks on the sale of indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash missile and supersonic Brahmos missile to Vietnam, the government on Friday said. “India and Vietnam share a strategic partnership. Defence cooperation, including the supply of defence equipment, is an important aspect of this partnership. Both countries have held discussions on a range of issues in this regard,” Subhash Bhamre, minister of state in the ministry of defence said in a written reply in Lok Sabha on whether the government has any plans to sell Akash and Brahmos to the Southeast Asian nation. Responding to another question, Bhamre said a committee of experts was constituted by ministry of defence under the chairmanship of Lt Gen (retd) D.B. Shekatkar to recommend measures to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence e...

India in Talks with Vietnam for Sale of Akash Surface-to-Air Missiles 09 Januari 2017 Akash air defence system (photo : Indian Defence News) India and Vietnam are actively discussing the sale of Akash surface-to-air missiles to the latter, the Times of India reported on Monday.  The Akash missile can engage hostile aircraft and drones at a range of 25 kilometres. Writing for the Business Standard, Ajai Shukla explains that the Akash missile was planned as a replacement for the army’s obsolescent Russian SAM-6 Kvadrat. The heart of an Akash missile battery is the Hyderabad-developed Rajendra phased-array radar that tracks up to 64 enemy fighter aircraft simultaneously, in a radius of 60 kilometres.  The mobile command centre selects up to four of the most threatening air targets, and two Akash missiles are fired at each from the Akash launchers. The Rajendra radar continuously guides the missiles, eventually “flying” them smack into the enemy fighters. Theoret...