India on Saturday will hand over its in-service missile corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam in reflection of the growing strategic partnership between the two sides.
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi s upcoming trip to the United States, Ministry of Defence officials said on Thursday that the Defence Acquisition Council meeting led by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will take up the deal for acquiring MQ-9B Reaper armed drones from the US during a meeting at 10 am.
India s amazing journey of transition from being the largest shopper of defence equipment to turning into a big-time vendor of military hardware continues with a high note as the country is all set to sell its highly-accomplished BrahMos missiles to Vietnam, signaling a deepening defence cooperation between the two countries.