26 June 2014

News Story: Arms race price war - India aims to undercut China in exports

Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)

Narendra Modi, the newly elected prime minister of India, will likely push for the nation to provide arms to developing nations at lower prices than China, according to the Moscow-based Military-Industrial Courier.

Echoing this possibility, Avinash Chander, chief of India's state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), recently told the New Delhi-based Press Trust of India that the country needs a "policy mechanism" for exporting weapon systems to friendly foreign nations. "We have a list of equipment that includes the Light Combat Aircraft 'Tejas', 'Akash' air defence system, 'Prahar' class of missiles and 'BrahMos' supersonic cruise missiles along with a number of systems that can be exported," Chander said.

Read the full story at Want China Times