India in Final-Stage Talks to Expand BrahMos Missile Sales to the Philippines in Deal Worth Up to $800 Million
Reuters reported on November 5 that India is in final-stage talks to expand sales of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile to the Philippines, in a potential order of about five systems and nearly 60 missiles worth between $700 million and $800 million. Philippine defence ministry spokesman Arsenio Andolong confirmed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants to acquire more BrahMos systems.
Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, speaking by video link at the Delhi Defence Dialogue on November 5, said the Philippines hopes to increase its number of BrahMos units. The Philippines is the missile's first foreign customer: under a $375 million deal signed in 2022, the Philippine Marine Corps bought three shore-based anti-ship missile batteries, the first delivered by air in April 2024, the second by sea in April 2025, with the third nearing delivery.
The BrahMos, developed by an India-Russia joint venture, is among the fastest cruise missiles in the world. India has been steadily expanding its defence exports, while the Philippines is building up its shore-based anti-ship firepower amid tensions in the South China Sea. If completed, the new order would be the largest export deal yet for the BrahMos.
(Source: Reuters)
Source: Reuters
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Photo: 图：印度海军「金奈」号驱逐舰在2017年 TROPEX 演习中发射「布拉莫斯」超音速巡航导弹。照片：印度海军，GODL-India，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Indian Navy destroyer INS Chennai fires a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile during exercise TROPEX 2017. Photo by the Indian Navy, GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons.
