Jakarta has mentioned the settlement is a part of its protection modernization efforts
Indonesia has inked a deal to purchase BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles from India, Reuters reported on Monday.
BrahMos, backed by the governments of India and Russia, mentioned in 2023 that it was in superior talks with Jakarta for a deal valued at $200 million to $350 million.
The deal is “a part of the modernization of army {hardware} and defence capabilities, particularly within the maritime sector,” Indonesian Protection Ministry spokesperson Rico Ricardo Sirait informed the information company.
BrahMos signed its first overseas cope with Indonesia’s southern neighbor, the Philippines, in 2022.
BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile collectively developed by India’s Protection Analysis and Growth Group and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyeniya rocket design bureau, which produces Oniks missiles.
The joint enterprise, BrahMos Aerospace Pvt. Ltd., is known as after the Brahmaputra and Moskva rivers.
The cruise missile has an operational vary of not less than 290 km, and efforts are underway to develop a completely indigenous variant with a variety of 400 km.
The subsequent section of the BrahMos venture may contain the joint improvement of a missile system based mostly on Russia’s Zircon hypersonic missile.
The missile, which could be launched from ships, submarines, land, and air-based missile techniques, was first unveiled on the MAKS-2001 airshow.
Testing started in 2001, and joint serial manufacturing began in January 2004, primarily aimed toward equipping the Indian Navy. India handles the ultimate meeting of the missiles, manufactures launchers, and develops its personal command and management techniques, full with software program.
In August 2025, India authorised protection purchases value about $7.6 billion, which included BrahMos missiles and armed drones, together with upgrades to different present platforms.
