India and Indonesia Nearing Defence Deal for BrahMos Missile: Implications and Significance

India and Indonesia are close to finalizing a defense deal for the Indo-Russian BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.

The deal, which could strengthen Indonesia's coastal defense capabilities against regional concerns, is based on its strategic location and maritime territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea.

The missile's high supersonic speed, long range, and precision strike make it a potent weapon for Indonesia's exclusive economic zone.

The finalization of the deal depends on Indonesian elections.

It could deter Chinese assertiveness, boost defense cooperation, and strengthen India's defense exports.

The deal could also contribute to Southeast Asia's evolving security landscape.

 

[abhinav srivastava]

We should not sell our bleeding edge tech to jihadi countries. It can easily get in the hands of our jihadi neighbours.

 

[Ashutosh]

We should not sell our bleeding edge tech to jihadi countries. It can easily get in the hands of our jihadi neighbours.

Indonesia though is a Muslim dominant country, but our interests align: handling PLA Navy.
Moreover, Indonesia and Pak relations are not that special.

 

[GMR]

A new terminology today "on the cusp of' in addition to usual 'gearing up', 'will be' 'soon, 'closer' etc... 😆 good progress..👍

 

[GMR]

We should not sell our bleeding edge tech to jihadi countries. It can easily get in the hands of our jihadi neighbours.

Indonesia is not a jihadi country, sharing culture & history with India.. its muslim population is non interfering & flexible

 

[desigandu]

Good...India should sell Brahmos missiles to Vietnam, Thailand, potentially also Taiwan (as US also sells them defensive weapons), Saudi Arabia, UAE, Greece and Armenia...This will enhance mutual defense cooperation, and scale Brahmos in India so we can accelerate development of hypersonic Brahmos-II.

 

[Tanishq Bafila]

India should sell Brahmos missiles to Vietnam, Thailand, potentially also Taiwan (as US also sells them defensive weapons), Saudi Arabia, UAE, Greece and Armenia.

Armenia needs smaller weapons or weapons for defensive roles currently, firstly you need weapons to defend yourself and then shift on offensive weapons...

Considering high price of brahmos, they should rather invest on SAMS , Artillery, drones , loitering ammunitions & armoured vehicles from india

 

[amerjit johal]

IF you really want to enhance mutual defence co-operation we should give Brahmos free of cost.
Because so far hardly anyone wants to buy them.

 

[amerjit johal]

Considering high price of brahmos, they should rather invest on SAMS , Artillery, drones , loitering ammunitions & armoured vehicles from india

Armenia has a population and GDP of a suburb of Mumbai.
How much can they afford?

 

[Sandeep]

India should make every effort to encourage more sales and advertise it to countries who face constant risks and regular incursions into their territory from Chinese naval ships.

 

[Apocalypse gupta]

Armenia needs smaller weapons or weapons for defensive roles currently, firstly you need weapons to defend yourself and then shift on offensive weapons...

Considering high price of brahmos, they should rather invest on SAMS , Artillery, drones , loitering ammunitions & armoured vehicles from india

what armenia needs most is deterrance, to prevent attack from azerbaijan by making it very costly for them. Brahmos is a very powerful weapon for deterrance. Defensive weapons like anti drone systems or artillery, dont provide that deterrance.

 

[Apocalypse gupta]

Armenia has a population and GDP of a suburb of Mumbai.
How much can they afford?

they are increasing their defence budget a lot right now, also after recent ukraine war, lots of russians have moved to armenia and brought their money with them, the govt of armenia wants to use some of that money to buy new weapons from france and india

 

[Tanishq Bafila]

what armenia needs most is deterrance, to prevent attack from azerbaijan by making it very costly for them. Brahmos is a very powerful weapon for deterrance. Defensive weapons like anti drone systems or artillery, dont provide that deterrance.

The defence budget they have they can't spend much on these costly platforms even if they shoot down one ammo depot or any big defence forces headquarter with a brahmos... Azerbaijan has a military & airforce that will finish the war in few days..

You can't just rely on Deterrence if you can't defend your country...

 

[Apocalypse gupta]

You can't just rely on Deterrence if you can't defend your country...

you know what deterrence means? It means you are dissuaded from attacking someone if the cost is too high. Brahmos is a long range missile on a mobile launcher, very high speeds, accurate. Armenia can use it to target either military targets like command centres or crucial targets like azerbaijans gas fields and gas terminals, which will cripple azerbaijan. azerbaijan does not have equivalent long range missiles. It will have to use long range drones or aircraft which are very vulnerable to air SAMs.