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Launch of the Phoenix-1B rocket at the Denel Overberg Test Range on 8 March.
A Phoenix-1B Mk IIr hybrid rocket developed by the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and launched from the Denel Overberg Test Range in the Western Cape has reached an altitude of 18 kilometres, setting a new African record.
The launch took place on 8 March and saw the rocket travel 17.9 km into the air against a targeted range of 15 km, achieving a new African hybrid rocket altitude record (the previous record was 10.3 km). The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, said the launch is hugely significant for South African engineering and the development of African satellite rocket launch capability.
On March 2, 2021, the Philippines and India signed a government-to-government agreement on defense equipment procurement, paving the way for the sale of the Brahmos missile to the Philippines.
India is set to become a competitive exporter in the global defence market Saturday, March 06, 2021 By: The Week
Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a target for Indian defence exports: $5 billion by 2024. Last month, the Union cabinet cleared the export of Akash missile systems and formed a high-powered panel to grant swift approval to export military hardware.
Besides Akash, surface-to-air missile systems, the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile and larger weapon systems can now be sold to “friendly foreign” nations that have a robust system to manage these assets. It will also help improve strategic ties with them. Until now, India has only exported ordnance and smaller armaments.
India Ready To Sell BrahMos, but Exports Remain Hostage to Concerns Over CAATSA
Even though the US Act does not have international endorsement, it has the ability to impose arbitrary embargoes and covers the Russian defence entity NPO Mashinostroyenia that forms the joint venture with Indiaâs DRDO.
Full scale model of BrahMos air-launched cruise missile. Photo: brahmos.com
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Chandigarh: The ominous shadow of US sanctions on Russian defence entities looms ominously over Indiaâs plans to fast-track the export of BrahMos cruise missiles which are being locally manufactured in collaboration with Moscow.
India is in advanced talks with several countries, especially the Philippines, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), amongst others like Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia and South Africa to sell them the BrahMos missile system. But its export remains hostage to unresolved concerns over the USâs Countering Americaâs Adversaries Through Sanctions or
Navies all around the world must worry about increasingly advanced anti-ship missiles.
Here s What You Need to Know: Ship-to-ship naval warfare is back.
After decades of rapid innovation, the end of the Cold War and the subsequent Global War on Terror all but halted anti-ship missile development in the West. A focus on land operations in the Middle East and Central Asia sent Western navies struggling for relevance.
As a result, navies adopted an emphasis towards supporting land forces and operating in the littoral zone. For the most part, ship to ship warfare was reduced to a 9,000-ton destroyer confronting a 2-ton pirate skiff.