The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) finally has India in it as a
35th member after the acceptance application by United States of
America. The strong backing of US to make India a member of MTCR helped
India make its way through all the hurdles. MTCR is an elite group
which has 34 members. This group controls trade of missiles and
technology which does not have China in it.
Through this membership, India will have
access to all the high end technologies and surveillance systems related to missiles and
weapons. Membership will also make it able for country to sell its
BrahMoscruise missiles which it developed with Russia. This makes India
an important arms exporter for the first time.
The deadline for the
MTCR members to object to India's membership to MTCR expired on Monday,
and India's admission followed automatically under this acceptance
procedure.
After India formally joins the group,
India and US are expected to quicken up the discussion on the sale of
Predator drones which can fly 770 miles that is less than half the range
of an F-16 to Indian army.
The MTCR Partner countries are: Argentina, Australia, Austria,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russian
Federation, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United
Kingdom and United States of America.
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