1. Speaking on the occasion, Kalam said: «It is a historic day for Indian–Russian cooperation and the Joint Venture BrahMos, which has grown from strength to strength during the last nine years.» Calling on the authorities to aggressively market it, he said: «In the Indian history it is the first time that a world class supersonic missile has been made available by the scientific and industrial community well ahead of time.» Before competitors take the lead, Kalam said: «We have to aggressively market this world–class product.»

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