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BrahMos cruise missiles
Why is it in news?
- In possibly the first sale of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to another country, Thailand is in talks with India for their purchase.
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- Defence cooperation:(1) As part of the expanding defence cooperation between the two countries, Thailand has made a request for repair and refurbishing their Dornier maritime patrol aircraft.(2) In addition, Thailand Navy is looking to increase its capabilities and planning to induct more ships.(3) In line with that, Indian Navy is exploring opportunities wherein India could help in ship design and has even offered ship construction at the various defence public sector undertaking shipyards.(4) The Indian Navy’s foreign cooperation initiatives include highlighting the capability of various Defence Public Sector Undertakings and Indian defence industry to friendly foreign navies.
- Trilateral exercise:(1) The inaugural India, Thailand and Singapore trilateral naval exercise announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address at Shangri-La dialogue in June 2018 is scheduled to be held later this year.(2) India will host the first edition of the exercise in September this year and Singapore will host the second edition and Thailand the third.(3) Malaysia has also evinced interest in joining the exercise.(4) The two navies already conduct a Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) and a new bilateral exercise is also in the works apart from the trilateral.
- Cooperation in other areas: As members of the Indian Ocean rim association (IORA) and Indian Ocean Naval symposium (IONS), navies of India and Thailand are working closely in the areas of disaster risk management, maritime security safety, information sharing and interoperability.
Source
The Hindu