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Indian Forces Seek Specialized Counter Terror Equipment2009-01-15 Learning a quick lesson from the Mumbai terror strikes, the army has decided to hasten the process of procuring hi-tech equipment for its special forces."After the Mumbai terror attacks, it has been decided to get equipment, which would be of use to counter such terrorist strikes. That is more of a counter-terrorist equipment," Army chief General Deepak Kapoor said here today. "We are looking at it from the perspective of improving the capability of our special forces. And to improve the capability of the 'Ghatak' platoons within every battalion. Both to react to any such terror activities," he said. Stating that his Key Result Areas, when he took over as Army chief, was modernisation of the forces, Kapoor said it continued to be so because of the simple reason that the primary role of the Army was ensuring the territorial integrity of the country. "There is a requirement that we continue to upgrade our conventional capability and ensure the Indian Army remains a potent fighting force in any future scenario," he said. Kapoor said the army had already placed the Request for Proposals for all types of artillery guns, "because we have not got a single gun since 1986 when Bofors happened." "I am happy to say that we have issued RFPs for all different types of artillery guns, be they towed, self-propelled and wheeled guns or ultra-light howitzers. This process is on going. It takes time, but it will fructify in due course," he said. He said the army was also getting special night vision devices for its troops to end their "night-blindness" during operations. Sponsored Links
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