The Navy Recognition, with reference to Kremlin propagandists from TASS, wrote that Myanmar allegedly intends to purchase BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles of joint russian-Indian production. Interestingly, Myanmar plans to take the money for the purchase of such anti-ship missiles from a loan from the Indian government.
It was russian sources who were the first to report on such an intention of the Burmese government. And it seems that in this case the Kremlin is in too much of a hurry to make wishful thinking come true, i.e. that there are still buyers in the world for "one-of-a-kind" russian-made weapons, even if they are backward Asian dictatorships.
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In its desire to make wishful thinking come true, the russian federation was in such a hurry that it forgot to make such an amendment, that Myanmar does not have carriers that could use the BrahMos anti-ship missiles.
For example, the aviation version of this missile is made specifically for the Su-30 type fighter. Myanmar only has Russian MiG-29s and Chinese F-7 and JF-17 fighter jets that are not adapted for carrying BrahMos missiles.
The Myanmar Navy has 5 frigates, 3 missile corvettes and 5 missile boats, the main weapons of them are Chinese the C-802 anti-ship cruise missiles, which have a fuselage length of 5 meters and are launched from horizontal launchers.
In turn, BrahMos in the naval version has a fuselage length of 8 meters, and can only be launched from a vertical launcher.
Theoretically, there is still an option with BrahMos in the version of the coastal anti-ship complex. But in this case both India and russia can’t say much about their success.
For example, in January 2022, the Indian government signed a supply contract for two batteries of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles worth $375 million. However, it’s still unclear about any progress in the execution of this contract.
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