UAE Eyes India’s BrahMos Supersonic Missile as Gulf Arms Race Intensifies
Defence affairs - Def-Geopolitics Abu Dhabi’s fast-moving talks with India over the BrahMos cruise missile and Akashteer AI-enabled air defence network could reshape the Middle East military balance and accelerate Gulf military modernisation. The United Arab Emirates’ preliminary talks with India to acquire the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile and the Akashteer air defence command-and-control network are emerging as one of the most strategically consequential defence developments in the Middle East this year. Reuters reported that Abu Dhabi and New Delhi are conducting fast-moving early-stage discussions involving the BrahMos missile and the AI-enabled Akashteer C4ISR air defence architecture, according to four Indian government sources familiar with the negotiations. Although no agreement, pricing structure, quantity framework, or delivery timeline has been publicly finalised, the talks indicate that the UAE is accelerating efforts to harden its military posture following...
