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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Barak has no match: Indian Navy chief

Navy chief Admiral Arun PrakashNavy Chief Admiral Arun Prakash on Monday came out strongly in support of the controversial Barak Missile saying it was a “very good and incomparable” system.

“As far as we (Navy) are concerned, it (Barak) is a very good system. I don’t think there is anything comparable today in any Navy,” Prakash said.

The naval chief’s views on the Israeli missile came close on the heels of the CBI registering an FIR against former defence minister George Fernandes, his associate Jaya Jaitley, former Navy chief Sushil Kumar and others for alleged irregularities and corruption in the Rs 1,150-crore deal to purchase the system.

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