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Friday, January 18, 2013

India to store missiles near Pak & China borders

Khundru ammunition depot |India has launched a major plan to construct underground shelters for storing missiles, rockets and ammunition close to the borders with Pakistan and China.

Apart from providing better logistics on the front in the event of a war, these underground dumps will also ensure critical war-fighting ordnance is better protected from enemy attacks as well as the weather.

Sources said Army chief General Bikram Singh is keen that at least 2,000-2,500 metric tonnes of ammunition that is "expensive and operationally important" should be stored in such underground shelters in the operational areas of the Northern and Eastern Army Commands, a report in the Indian media said.

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