BrahMos will serve as deterrent to hostile nations, says Rajnath Singh

Lucknow, December 26

India wants to manufacture BrahMos missiles not to attack anyone, but to ensure that no other country has the audacity to cast an evil eye on it, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday, stressing the need to maintain nuclear deterrence.

On the occasion, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said: “The stand of the country is clear that it does not provoke first but also does not spare anyone who provokes it.”

“The BrahMos missile and other weapons we are manufacturing are not to attack any other country. It has never been the character of India to attack any other country or grab even an inch of the land of any country,” Singh said.

“We want to manufacture BrahMos on the Indian soil so that no country has the audacity to cast an evil eye on India,” he said, referring to the missile that is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

“India should have nuclear deterrents so that no country in the world attacks us, and we have shown this,” Singh said after having laid foundation stone for the Defence Technologies and Test Centre and the BrahMos manufacturing centre here. — PTI