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Monday, June 09, 2014

Busy Agenda for Government on Defence Matters

Tejas LCAAfter eight years of a “holding operation” by the risk-averse A K Antony, India’s longest-serving defence minister ever, the establishment needs to be jolted out of its status-quoist stupor.

There is an urgent need to expedite the stalled procurement of equipment that is essential for the military’s combat effectiveness. The army desperately needs artillery guns, light helicopters and ammunition reserves.

The navy must immediately have torpedoes, anti-missile systems and submarines. The air force urgently requires mid-air refuelling aircraft, airborne early warning and control systems, and Tejas light fighters to replace the MiG-21s and MIG-27s.

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