Egypt considers purchase of Indian missile system
India may supply Egypt with its BrahMos missile systems as part of New Delhi's efforts to emerge as a major arms exporter and Cairo's push to diversify its weaponry.
India is drawing up a list of countries that it could potentially supply with modern missile systems as part of New Delhi's bid to emerge as a major arms exporter, according to Indian press reports. The list includes Egypt.
On Jan. 7, the Times of India reported that New Delhi had made a list of friendly countries to which it could sell advanced Akash missile systems and BrahMos cruise missiles over the next few years.
Indian weapons researcher Amiet R. Kashyap told Al-Monitor that Egypt along with the Philippines, South Korea, Algeria, Greece, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Venezuela, and Bulgaria are interested in the missile systems.
Egypt has shown interest in BrahMos, a cruise missile developed by India and Russia. According to the Indian defense and space news site Livefist, an Egyptian delegation had visited the BrahMos pavilion at DefExpo India in Chennai back in 2018. Egypt's interest in this type of missile first emerged in 2016, according to the Indian Financial Express.
