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Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Defence Minister A.K. Antony pushes for quicker arms deals

[Hawk trainer]After army chief Gen. V.K. Singh raised the red flag on dwindling ammunition stockpiles and the sorry state of battle preparedness, defence minister A.K. Antony on Monday snapped into action looking for ways to shake up lethargic weapon buying procedures.

Antony met top generals and officials handling acquisitions to find a way out. He later chaired the monthly meeting of the defence acquisition council (DAC), the highest decision making authority in the ministry, and cleared the Long Term Integrated Perspective Plan (LTIPP) 2012-27 and 12th defence plan (2012-17).

The LTIPP is a vision document setting a progress path for the three services while the defence plan is for immediate implementation in a compressed five-year span.

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