Onboard INS Vikrant in Goa: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday highlighted the critical role of indigenous missile systems, including BrahMos and Akash, during ‘Operation Sindoor’, saying their performance had made many nervous.

Addressing Navy personnel on board the INS Vikrant on the occasion of Diwali, he said, “Our missiles like BrahMos and Akash have proved their capability in ‘Operation Sindoor’ also. The name BrahMos itself is so renowned that just hearing it makes many people anxious, wondering if BrahMos is coming.”

The Prime Minister added that several countries are now keen to purchase these missiles.

“Whenever I meet experts, they all express the same desire, that they, too, want access to them,” he said.

He further emphasised the country’s growing Defence capabilities

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