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India has officially joined the Missile Technology Control Regime (<keyword id="735897" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="MTCR">MTCR</keyword>) as a full member, saying that it would prove to be mutually beneficial to enhance global non-proliferation norms. 
 Foreign Secretary <keyword id="491850" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="S-Jaishankar">S Jaishankar</keyword> signed the instrument of accession to MTCR, marking India's first entry into any <keyword id="3447127" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="multilateral-export-control-regime">multilateral export control regime</keyword>. 
 
"India has joined the MTCR this morning...India's entry into the regime as its thirty-fifth member would be mutually beneficial in the furtherance of international non-proliferation objectives," said a statement from the External Affairs Ministry. 
 
"India would like to thank each of the thirty-four MTCR Partners for their support for India's membership. We would also like to thank Ambassador Pieter de Klerk of The Netherlands and Mr Robert Steinmetz of Luxembourg, co-Chairs of the MTCR," the statement said. 
 
This MTCR entry has come days after it couldn’t get into NSG because of stark opposition from China and a few other countries. China, additionally, is not even a member of MTCR. 
 
By this membership, India will be able to buy high-end missile technology while also being able to enhance its joint ventures with Russia. 
 
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India officially joins MTCR, the elite missile club

After China’s strong opposition against India’s entry into the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), India managed to formally enter the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), a group that China hasn't been allowed to enter so far owing to its immoral proliferation record. 
 
Bitten by this, an editorial in the Chinese state-run Global Times has referred Indians as self-centered, self-righteous, lacking morals and blindly following the West. 
 
The editorial is full of insults hurled at Indians, who as per the Chinese paper, don't understand what nationalism is, lack basic morals, are spoiled, and just do what the West does. 
 
While it highlights India's failed attempt to enter the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), it clearly appears to have been written after India’s successful entry into MTCR, and out of jealousy because of that. 
 
The piece goes on to teach Indians a thing or two about patriotism, accusing them for their obsession with the West. 
 
"US backing adds the biggest impetus to India's ambition...The US is not the whole world. Its endorsement does not mean India has won the backing of the world. This basic fact, however, has been ignored by India," it says. 
 
The editorial keeps stressing on the fact that as a country, China follows all the rules, and sings the same old tunes that an NSG member requires to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which India hasn’t so far. 
 
"India is not a signatory to the NPT, but is the most active applicant to join the NSG. Before the Seoul meeting, the Indian media played up the prospects of its bid. Some even claim that among the 48 members of the NSG, 47 have given it a green light, except China, "the editorial flares up. 
 
However, it doesn’t touches the topic of China's nuclear proliferation itself, the reason why it has been kept out of MTCR. 
 
The real reasons of the writer’s anger, although, comes towards the end of the piece. 
 
"Recent years have seen the Western world giving too many thumbs up to India, but thumbs down to China. India is spoiled. Although the South Asian country's GDP accounts for only 20 percent of that of China, it is still a golden boy in the eyes of the West, having a competitive edge and more potential compared to China. The international "adulation" of India makes the country a bit smug in international affairs." 
 
So now we know, why the editorial is so furious over India; it’s the western countries’ increased preference to India over China that stemmed this anger, but all we can say is, jealous much? 
 
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Chinese media calls Indians self-centered, blind followers of the West, a day after India gets entry into MTCR

The outgoing <keyword id="67373" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="obama-administration">Obama Administration</keyword> has lashed out at China for blocking India from becoming a member of the <keyword id="106964" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nuclear-Suppliers-Group">Nuclear Suppliers Group</keyword> by describing the Communist giant as an "outlier" in its effort to bring New Delhi on board the elite grouping. 
 "Clearly there is one outlier that needs to be addressed and that is China," <keyword id="184648" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nisha-Desai-Biswal">Nisha Desai Biswal</keyword>, assistant secretary of state for South and <keyword id="6360296" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Central-Asia">Central Asia</keyword>, told <keyword id="6367495" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="PTI">PTI</keyword> in an interview. 
 The US statement comes a week ahead of the <keyword id="16284" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Obama">Obama</keyword> Administration passing on the baton to the <keyword id="3798493" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="trump-administration">Trump Administration</keyword>. 
 Officials say it is because of the Chinese resistance that India could not become a member of <keyword id="44790" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="NSG">NSG</keyword>, where all decisions are taken on the basis of consensus. 
 "The (US) President (<keyword id="15962" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Barack-Obama">Barack Obama</keyword>) has been very clear and unequivocal that he believes that India has met the criteria for NSG and that the <keyword id="6356955" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="united-states">United States</keyword> supports India's entry that India is ready and India should be brought into the NSG," she said. 
 
"We worked very closely with India to support India's application into the NSG, but we also recognise that there continue to be some concerns, some reservations that some of the members of the NSG have expressed that need to be worked through," she said. 
 "We believe we have made substantial progress on that and as we hand the baton over to the next administration the path forward will be found for that. Clearly there is one outlier that needs to be addressed and that is China. As we move through all the other elements of the NSG membership, I think, we're on a good path forward," <keyword id="776234" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Biswal">Biswal</keyword> said. 
 
So what remains is to be able to have a very clear understanding on what is the basis of China's reservations and to try to work through those. So that will be something that would move on to the next administration to carry forward, she said in response to a question. 
 
"But this is something that the President himself has personally engaged on, the Secretary (of State), (National Security Advisor), Ambassador (Susan) Rice and down the line this has been an area of intense effort by this administration," Biswal said. 
 While India not becoming a NSG member is disappointing, Biswal said the Obama Administration is "very very gratified to see India's entry into the <keyword id="471445" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Missile-Technology-Control-Regime">Missile Technology Control Regime</keyword> (<keyword id="735897" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="MTCR">MTCR</keyword>)". 
 China is advocating a two-step "non-discriminatory" approach for admission of countries who have not signed nuclear-Non Proliferation Treaty (<keyword id="51229" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="NPT">NPT</keyword>) in the NSG. 
 As per the new stand announced by <keyword id="1333" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Beijing">Beijing</keyword> in November, it first wants to find a solution that is applicable to the admission of all non-NPT members followed by discussions to admit specific non-NPT member. 
 
China's stand for non-discriminatory criteria is regarded significant as Pakistan, a close ally of Beijing too has applied for the NSG membership along with India.

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<ul><li>The Defence Research &amp; Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test fired the new version of the <keyword id="42900" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="BrahMos">BrahMos</keyword> missile increasing its range to 500 km. </li><li>India has become the first country in the world to successfully integrate long range missile into its fighter jets. </li><li>This development has come after India became a permanent member of the multinational <keyword id="471445" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Missile-Technology-Control-Regime">Missile Technology Control Regime</keyword> (MTCR). </li><li>This test also successfully conducted first vertical deep dive version of BrahMos. </li></ul>The world’s fastest supersonic <keyword id="144458" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="cruise-missile">cruise missile</keyword>, BrahMos has turned deadlier with the new technological advancements made by the <keyword id="152819" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Defence-Research-and-Development-Organisation">Defence Research and Development Organisation</keyword> (DRDO). The missile which was earlier capable of striking upto 300 km range, will now be able to strike as far as 500 km after the latest tests, <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/upgraded-brahmos-with-500-km-range-ready-ceo-of-brahmos-aerospace/articleshow/70117273.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=ETTWMain">according to</a> CEO of Brahmos Aerospace, Sudhir Kumar Mishra. This development came after India became a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) last year. “India has successfully test fired a vertical deep dive version of BrahMos, world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile, that can now change the dynamics of conventional warfare. The upgraded version of the missile with enhanced range of upto 500 km is also ready,” <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/upgraded-brahmos-with-500-km-range-ready-ceo-of-brahmos-aerospace/articleshow/70117273.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=ETTWMain">Mishra told</a> in an interview to the Doordarshan news. The new test has made India the only country in the world to have successfully integrated long-range missiles into fighter jets. DRDO has integrated and tested the BrahMos with Indian Air Forces (IAF) mainstay fighter jet Sukhoi 30. BrahMos travels at 2.8 Mach, which is almost three times the speed of sound. It is also the heaviest weapon to be deployed onboard Sukhoi 30. “We can take on any ship at sea up to 300 to 400 km far away and after sometime, maybe longer, we can take on land targets up to hundreds of km and with the test that we have conducted some time back, ranges up to thousands of km,” Mishra said. Mishra added that the BrahMos has become the mainstay weapon of choice for the Army, Air Force and Navy, and the steep 90-degree version has come out as an ultimate aircraft hitter. The joint venture which started with ₹1,300 crore, has now become a ₹48,000 crore entity, <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/brahmos-jv-value-now-stands-at-rs-40000-crore/articleshow/69688556.cms?from=mdr">as per reports</a>.

India's flagship missile can now cruise at 3 times the speed of sound

<ul><li><keyword id="42900" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="BrahMos">BrahMos</keyword> missile successfully tested its ‘life extension’ technology this morning. </li><li>It’s the first missile in the India’s war chest to have its life extended. </li><li>BrahMos also happens to be the world’s fastest <keyword id="417054" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="supersonic-cruise-missile">supersonic cruise missile</keyword>. </li></ul>Today, India successfully <a href="http://www.rediff.com/news/report/india-successfully-test-fires-brahmos-supersonic-cruise-missile/20180521.htm">tested</a> the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a test range in <keyword id="6357961" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="odisha">Odisha</keyword>, a state along India’s eastern coast. Fired from launchpad 3 of the Integrated Test Range at <keyword id="58580" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chandipur">Chandipur</keyword> located near <keyword id="50861" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Balasore">Balasore</keyword> in Odisha, the trial was conducted with the intention of validating the missile’s ‘life extension’ technologies. 
 
 
 
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 The missile’s successful life extension test makes BrahMos the <a href="http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/may/21/odisha-first-test-of-supersonic-cruise-missile-brahmos-with-life-extension-technology-successful-1817530.html">first weapon</a> in India’s arsenal that got its life extended from 10 years to 15 years. It managed to take off successfully and hit the designated target while meeting all parameters of the mission. What makes the BrahMos special is the fact that it’s the only supersonic cruise missile with advanced capabilities to allow the user to make a precise hit. In simple terms, its accuracy is its unique feature. Other than the missile’s life being extended, its range was also extended from 290 km to 450 km. This was a fortunate result of India gaining <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/india-joins-mtcr-7-things-the-country-stands-to-gain/articleshow/52934056.cms">full membership</a> to the <keyword id="471445" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Missile-Technology-Control-Regime">Missile Technology Control Regime</keyword> (MTCR). BrahMos is currently the <a href="https://www.quora.com/in/Is-BrahMos-the-worlds-fastest-cruise-missile">fastest</a> supersonic cruise missile in the world. Its various models can be launched from land, air, sea or underwater. The two-stage missile has already been introduced into the army and navy inventories. Its entry into the air-force is awaiting a <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/in-big-leap-towards-deep-surgical-strike-capability-brahmos-missile-successfully-test-fired-from-sukhoi-jet/articleshow/61757371.cms">successful</a> trial. There have been other contenders in the field but most haven’t seen any progress beyond the prototype stage. It should also be noted that though BrahMos is the fastest ‘supersonic’ missile, the <a href="http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-china-russia-america-are-obsessed-hypersonic-weapons-25635">Zircon missile</a> can travel at hypersonic speeds and is already a part of the Russian military might. That being said, the <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2017-04-25/russia-and-india-test-hypersonic-and-supersonic-missiles">BrahMos 2</a> will be based on the design of the Zircon missile. It’s already in the works under a collaboration between India and <keyword id="6358826" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Russia">Russia</keyword>. The estimation is that this missile will be able to travel at the speed of Mach 7.

India successfully test fires the fastest supersonic cruise missile in the world

After a wait of two years, India is all set to test its <keyword id="59897" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Agni-V">Agni-V</keyword> intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in its final operational configuration from <keyword id="6588220" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Wheeler-Island">Wheeler Island</keyword> off Odisha. 
 According to the sources, preparations were on in full swing to launch the <keyword id="174323" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Nuclear-capable">nuclear-capable</keyword> Agni-V from its canister on a launcher truck towards December-end or early January. 
 
"There were some minor technical snags in Agni-V, which required tweaking of its internal battery and electronic configurations after its last test in January 2015," a source tod TOI. 
 However, India wanted to exercise some strategic restraint while making a bid to join the 48-country Nuclear Suppliers Group, which China thwarted earlier this year. However, India somehow managed to join the 34-nation <keyword id="471445" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Missile-Technology-Control-Regime">Missile Technology Control Regime</keyword> ( MTCR), as also ink a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Japan. 
 
The missile is capable of striking even the northernmost parts of China, is in itself significant. "This will be the final test of the three-stage Agni-V, which will be tested for its full range, before the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) begins its user trials," the source told TOI. 
 The tri-Service SFC, established in 2003 to manage <keyword id="3956387" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Indias-nuclear-arsenal">India's nuclear arsenal</keyword>, will conduct at least two tests before the missile is produced in adequate numbers for induction. 
 
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India to test Agni-V ICBM missile, capable of striking China

India is fast-pacing its efforts for entry into the elite <keyword id="106964" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nuclear-Suppliers-Group">Nuclear Suppliers Group</keyword> (NSG) and is making all diplomatic efforts to gain the membership in the 48-member nuclear group. 
 
India’s blitzkrieg efforts for NSG come in the backdrop that the country wants to expand its nuclear power generation and also enter the export market. 
 
New Delhi has been pushing for NSG membership since 2008 and there has been increasing appreciation for Indian nuclear controls and capabilities since then. 
 
The country becomes more hopeful of entry into the nuclear club as it gained membership in Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s US visit. 
 
However, India’s NSG efforts have been stonewalled by China, which has raised objection on India’s membership, saying even Pakistan should be given entry. 
 
In all its efforts to coax China, the two-day plenary session of the NSG in Seoul becomes important where Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit. 
 
As Modi is bidding high for India’s entry, here’s what you should know about NSG 
 
What is NSG? 
NSG is a 48-nation grouping, which controls nuclear related exports, was formed in 1974 to prevent nuclear proliferation by controlling the export of materials, equipment and technology that can be used to manufacture nuclear weapons. 
 
Ironically, it was formed to counter Indian nuclear tests. 
 
Who all are backing India? 
During Modi’s recent US visit, President Barack Obama backed India’s bid for NSG and also urged other countries to back India. 
 
Presently, 34 nations support India’s application. However, China, Turkey, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa and Austria are opposing India’s stand. 
 
China is leading the opposition, arguing that India has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and that even Pakistan was eligible for NSG entry. China says if India is admitted, it will shake up the nuclear-arms balance in South Asia as India will engage in a massive nuclear weaponisation programme. 
 
The Dragon stated that India's membership will 'jeopardise' China's national interests and touch a 'raw nerve' in Pakistan. 
 
But why is NSG so important for India? 
 
India’s entry into NSG is important due to following factors: 
1. India wants to become a player in this international arena where nuclear commerce norms are laid. It will also get access to technology for a range of uses from medicine to building nuclear power plants for India. 
2. If India wins the bid, it will have access to international market for export as well as for import of nuclear related materials. India can also commercialize the production of nuclear power equipment, which will boost innovation and high tech manufacturing in India-a fillip to ‘Make in India’ 
3. India needs NSG membership to build nuclear reactors, provide clean energy. 
4. If India gets the membership, it can block Pakistan entry by consensus, which is why China is against New Delhi.

Why the NSG spot is so important to India in a simple explanation

It’s been long that India was denied entry into the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) and it also seems to have moved on, having joined the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/India-officially-joins-MTCR-the-elite-missile-club/articleshow/52939007.cms">MTCR missile club</a>; but looks like China, the main reason behind India staying out of NSG, wants to drag the issue for long. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/China-nuclear-proliferation-records/articleshow/52882142.cms">China is opposing India’s NSG entry, even when its own proliferation records are objectionable</a> 
 
China's state-run media, which has been printing <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Chinese-media-insults-Indians/articleshow/52957202.cms">insulting articles against India</a>, has now said that India wants to take "revenge" on China Beijing by refusing the renewal of its journalists, who were expelled by the country a few days back. 
 
Apparently, as per the Chinese state-run Global Times, India’s business visa policy is "a pain in the butt." 
 
"Although news about India's latest galvanized waves of optimism among business communities across China, for Chinese nationals, a business visa to India remains a pain in the butt," said an article in the state-run news agency. 
 
It added that India is using the visa policy as a "weapon" against the neighbouring country as it sees China as the "culprit" for not allowing it into NSG. 
 
Recently, three Chinese journalists working for the state-run Xinhua were expelled from India since they were using fake names to get into sensitive areas and to talk to high-level government personnel. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Chinese-media-warns-India-of-serious-consequences-for-expelling-its-journalists/articleshow/53379744.cms">Chinese media warns India of a ‘tit for tat’ reaction for expelling its journalists</a> 
 
However, as per Global Times, all these allegations were false and India was just making up excuses to get back at China. 
 
On the other hand, China is known to have thrown out foreign journalists for writing critical articles, and having a tough visa process of its own. 
 
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