'Southeast Asian nations keen to acquire BrahMos'

New Delhi: BrahMos Aerospace CEO and MD Jaiteerth R Joshi on Friday said the company has supplied BrahMos missiles to the Philippines and signed an agreement with Vietnam, while several other Southeast Asian countries have also shown interest.

Talks with the interested countries are at an advanced stage, he said. "Once the government clears it, we will have a deal with them," he told reporters here.

Joshi was responding to a question on which countries had finalised deals and with which others talks were under way, given the surge in demand for the missile after Operation Sindoor.

He said Operation Sindoor had not been anticipated, and that non-destructive testing (NDT) had ensured the missiles' reliability.

"NDT plays a vital role for any product. Operation Sindoor was never anticipated.

The missiles were made 10, 15, 20 years back. NDT has ensured their reliability. The moment we took the item and fired, it went and delivered," he said.

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