Philippines to receive second batch of BrahMos missile system from India

Philippines to receive second batch of BrahMos missile system from India

Indian firm to deliver more missiles to PH

DEFENSE Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said on Wednesday that another batch of three Indian-made BrahMos cruise missiles will arrive in the country soon. Teodoro added that the weapons system was part of an P18.9-billion deal with BrahMos Aerospace Private Ltd., with the first delivery completed in April 2024. The BrahMos system is capable of striking targets 290 kilometers away at speeds nearly three times that of sound. The Philippine military…

DND: Another batch of BrahMos missiles on the way to PH

Another batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles from India is about to arrive in the Philippines, the Department of National Defense confirmed on Wednesday.

Philippines to receive second batch of BrahMos missiles from India, Teodoro confirms

The BrahMos missile system has a range of 290 to 400 kilometers and a velocity of Mach 2.8 that is about three times faster than the speed of sound.

Second batch of India-made BrahMos missiles sent to PH

BrahMos cruise missile system MANILA, Philippines — India has sent to the Philippines the second of three batches of BrahMos cruise missiles, a year after the first delivery was completed. Unlike the first battery that was transported on an Indian Air Force transport aircraft, the second one is being delivered on a ship, as reported by India’s English language newspapers, The Economic Times and The New Indian Express. Sought for reaction, Col. F…

The Philippine Secretary of Defense, Gilberto Teodoro, said that the Manila Armed Forces are waiting to receive the second batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles from India. These additional missiles will allow the Philippine Defense to strengthen the country's coastal defense capabilities in the context of a situation of increasing tension with China in the waters of the South China Sea or Western Philippine Sea. The 2022 agreement between…