With a heightened war of words with Pakistan, following the 26/11 attack on Mumbai, threatening to escalate, Defence Minister AK Antony on Thursday convened the three service chiefs in New Delhi to assess the country’s preparedness to combat terrorism and deal with the emerging situation.
“The defence minister today held a meeting with the chiefs of the three services and the defence secretary to review the overall security situation and to take stock of the state of preparedness of the armed forces,” a defence ministry official was quoted as saying after the meeting.
The meeting, the second in the last fortnight, reviewed the requirements of the forces to deal with cross-border terrorism and its backers with the government agreeing to move fast to plug gaps in their requirements, in terms of equipment and critical defence systems, said a report on the ET website.
Keeping in mind urgent needs of the security forces, the government is expected to push through the acquisition of defence equipment, say defence ministry officials and experts.
It is now expected that the other requirements of the three armed forces would be given a fresh, urgent look in view of the changed security scenario.
Security of coastal and offshore assets and with land and maritime borders was also reviewed at the meeting held here on Thursday, in light of threats emanating from there.
The gathering also stressed the need for a co-ordinated intelligence sharing. Besides Antony, among those who attended the meeting included Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, Chief of Army Staff, General Deepak Kapoor, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal FH Major and defence secretary Vijay Singh.
The defence minister will hold another meeting on Saturday to review coastal security.
Also on Thursday, India for the first time tested the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a vertical launcher fitted on a moving warship in the Bay of Bengal.
The launch of the 290-km missile from the Rajput-class destroyer INS Ranvir "met all mission requirements'' and was "100 percent successful''.
“The defence minister today held a meeting with the chiefs of the three services and the defence secretary to review the overall security situation and to take stock of the state of preparedness of the armed forces,” a defence ministry official was quoted as saying after the meeting.
The meeting, the second in the last fortnight, reviewed the requirements of the forces to deal with cross-border terrorism and its backers with the government agreeing to move fast to plug gaps in their requirements, in terms of equipment and critical defence systems, said a report on the ET website.
Keeping in mind urgent needs of the security forces, the government is expected to push through the acquisition of defence equipment, say defence ministry officials and experts.
It is now expected that the other requirements of the three armed forces would be given a fresh, urgent look in view of the changed security scenario.
Security of coastal and offshore assets and with land and maritime borders was also reviewed at the meeting held here on Thursday, in light of threats emanating from there.
The gathering also stressed the need for a co-ordinated intelligence sharing. Besides Antony, among those who attended the meeting included Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, Chief of Army Staff, General Deepak Kapoor, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal FH Major and defence secretary Vijay Singh.
The defence minister will hold another meeting on Saturday to review coastal security.
Also on Thursday, India for the first time tested the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a vertical launcher fitted on a moving warship in the Bay of Bengal.
The launch of the 290-km missile from the Rajput-class destroyer INS Ranvir "met all mission requirements'' and was "100 percent successful''.
No comments:
Post a Comment