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Russia, Vietnam To Jointly Manufacture BrahMos Like Anti-Ship Missile

  • 12:00 AM, February 16, 2012
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Russia and Vietnam have come together to initiate joint production of a modified anti-ship missile in 2012, Ria Novosti reported. “We are planning to build facilities in Vietnam for the production of a version of the Russian Uran [SS-N-25 Switchblade] missile in a project that is similar to joint Russian-Indian production of the BrahMos missile,” head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Mikhail Dmitriyev was quoted as saying on Wednesday. The Uran subsonic anti-ship missile has a range of up to 250 kilometers (135 nautical miles) and carries a 145-kilogram high explosive warhead and can be launched from helicopters, surface ships and coastal defense batteries.
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