New Delhi: The 13-lakh Army has now annoyed its focus on long-distance weapons and night fighting capabilities, multi-capacity drones, ‘disruptive technology’ and initial detection systems and targeting in the ongoing modernization drive in the middle of 20- military confrontation Throughout the month with China in East Ladakh.
Army currently has 93 modernization projects that take place at various stages in the procurement process, with a total value of Rs 1.37 lakh Crore ($ 18.4 billion), according to the latest numbers.
With the whole encouragement is also doing potions, Head General of the Army MM Naravane recently said 19 of the 20 “Acceptance of Needs (Aons)” approved for the Ministry of Defense in the financial year is currently in the category “Buy India” “..
Army Has looked at 121 Capital Procurement Contracts worth RS 93,463 Crore for the past three-four years.
Stand-off with China, of course, encouraging the whole process of modernization on the above track.
Under emergency power, for example, 71 capital procurement contracts (worth Rs 6,918 Crore) and 113 Revenue Procurement Offers (RS 9,000 Crore) have been asked since June 2020, said Source.
“The aim is to redeem operational deficiency, even when balancing additional troops to the northern border and infrastructure increases quickly to fight Chinese threats,” said a source.
The ongoing plan includes the main induction of high volume shoots, with a mixture Artillery weapons, enhanced Pinaka rocket regimens, Brahmos roaming missiles are longer and wandering ammunition systems, aircraft runway systems, and enhanced surveillance capabilities and weapons, said sources.
Towards the end, the Army plans to order 200 K-9 ‘Vajra’ self-propelled tracks traced weapons after appointing 100 of them under the project with Rs 4,366 from L & T and South Korea’s Hanwha defense.
With a strike range 28-38 km, the army had mobilized several weapons of 155mm / 52 caliber in Ladakh, as reported by TII before.
Approximately 110 of the 145 M-777 Howitzer Ultra-light ordered from the US for more than RS 5,000 Crore has been appointed, with the rest to follow the next five months.
The army has also completed two regiments with the ‘Sharang’ artillery system, which is an enhanced version of the old Soviet-origin weapon, with one third on the road.
Progress, however, is slow in the native trial of 155mm / 52 sophisticated Caliber Advanced artillery weapons system, which Drdo argues is the best in its class in the world with a strike range of 48 km.