India gifts missile corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam

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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