Army To Have 2 More Regiments of Brahmos Missile: Defence Minister.
Pune: Two more regiments of the short-range supersonic cruise
missile, Brahmos, will be inducted into Army within next fifteen days,
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said in Pune today.
"The process of induction of two more regiments (of Brahmos missile) in
the Indian Army is in the final stage and within 15 days, these
regiments will be inducted in Indian Army," he said.
Meanwhile, Mr Parrikar dismissed reports that central government was inclined to buy Israeli missiles rather than inducting domestically-manufactured 'Akash' in Army.
"Akash is already being inducted in Army and we are also developing very
short missiles and till we develop them successfully, some missiles
might have to be brought from outside," he said.
The minister said the "non-operational flab" in the armed forces needs to be slashed.
"I have asked Army, Air Force and Navy to identify the flab areas in
their respective forces as there is a lot of unwanted flab which has
been continuing due to systematic problems that need to be trimmed," he
said.
Responding to a query on the Pathankot probe, he said the Joint
Investigation Team (JIT) from Pakistan has been given access only to the
"crime scene" whereas the operational base of air force has been
barricaded.
"NIA, which is investigating the case, permitted the JIT only because
they are sure that there are some people from Pakistan who were involved
in the attack," said Mr Parrikar.
Reference : http://www.indiandefensenews.in/
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