India gifts missile corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam

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Category : Defense Published on: June 22 2023

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India gifted an indigenously built in-service Missile Corvette, INS Kirpan, to Vietnam.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh presented India's gift to his Vietnamese counterpart General Phan Van Gang in Delhi after a session of bilateral dialogues.
Missile Corvette INS Kirpan is a Khukri class warship which was commissioned in 1991.
India also aims to crank up arms supplies to Asean countries after the $375 million deal with the Philippines for the 290-km range BrahMos missiles in January 2022.
Vietnam is an important ally of India in the latter's Act East Policy, which was conceived by Prime Minister Narendra Modi focussing on the extended neighbourhood in the Asia-Pacific region.

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India gifts missile corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam