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India joins MTCR: Space, Missile cooperation with Russia easier ( Source- Russia & India Report / Author- Nilova Roy Chaudhury, RIR)

Image credits- DRDO Source- Russia & India Report Author- Nilova Roy Chaudhury , RIR India has become the 35th country to be admitted to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), a major international anti-proliferation group of which Russia is a key member. India’s admission did not have to wait for the formal plenary meeting of the MTCR due in Seoul, (Republic of Korea) later this year. The current Chair of the MTCR, The Netherlands, took the decision after no member country raised objections to India’s membership. According to sources in the Indian government, this will help India and Russia raise cooperation in space technology. It will also enable India and Russia to sell the supersonic ‘BrahMos’ missile, which has a range of 290 kilometres, to third countries. India and Russia co-produce the Brahmos, in a joint venture. Such a development would raise India’s profile as an arms exporter. The sale of the ‘BrahMos’ missile was among the topics whic