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    • Agencies Tags : Union Defence Minister, A K Antony, defence forces, hostile neighbours Posted: Wednesday, Jan 21, 2009 at 1255 hrs Panaji:
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    Union Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday said India needs to modernise its defence forces as "the country is surrounded by inimical elements".

    "We know very well that what we have is not enough. This is less than 30 per cent of the capability we require," Antony said.

    The Defence Minister was addressing a gathering in Panaji during the commissioning of the Indian Coast Guards fast patrol vessel 'Samrat'.

    The Government has now decided to modernise the forces and Coast Guard as quickly as possible because India is surrounded by so many elements inimical to the country, Antony said.

    "Our armed forces must be in the state of preparedness always," he added.

    The Union Minister of State for Defence Production Rao Inderjit Singh along with the officials from Indian Navy and Coast Guard were also present on the occasion.

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    Transparency in ProcurementBy: Sunil Maingi | 24-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward We are surrounded by hostile neighbors since independence, but are we doing anything to upgrade our defense capabilities. This question has to be addressed. For the fear of Bofors like probes, generated by politicians, no one wants to take responsibility for procurement of state of art equipment. In fact even the Bofors probe has not seen it's conclusion in so many years. This reflects very poorly on CBI's capabilities also. The politicians would do a very big service to the country if they kept off defense matters. At the same time the procurement process should be transparent and fast. If we do not revamp the system, we will be overtaken in both technology and numbers by our chief adversary Pakistan, who has already narrowed the gap and come very close.
    India is surrounded by.....By: N.K.Jha | 22-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward RM Anthony is a sincere person. If what he has said about cpapbility is true, then the situation is quite grim.Ii is pathetic that this realisation has come after the recent Mumbai blast. Concurrently with the modernisation of the Armed forces,we should gradually ensure that the top-level posts in the security organisations under the Home ministry are manned, on fixed-tenure basis, by the serving or retired Defence personnel.
    30% Deficiencies Vs 100% System FailureBy: Ashok Mehdiratta | 22-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward It is not that the Govt is not aware of these deficiencies,it is the system which is responsible for the delay in procurement.It is the chain involved in the process which is headed by strong IAS/civilian lobby which is delaying the procurement.We have a funny system wherein an anonymous letter with no details can derail the complete process and if some sensible official does not take notice of such letter,our over enthusiastic courts are there to issue stay orders.At times Armed forces are asked to review their Qualitative Requirements to suit certain firms so that Politicians get their share.Tahelka Operation brought out so many anamolies but what happened.to the persons responsible. Except Army which has taken disciplinary actions against its personnel,rest continue in their jobs and must have been promoted also.Shameless politicians continue glued to their chairs.With all these hickups and deficiencies,Defense Forces will not let their nation down.
    threat to IndiaBy: richard | 22-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward Our defence minister is out to give us the best armour, we could ever get but we are sick and need resident doctors at once. the viruses like regionalism, communalism, religiosity, languages and corruption are draining out the strength we acquired from our Indian identity. What are we doing about. Can our king's men can put the Humpty Dumpty together again?
    SecurityBy: Ravi | 22-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward Defence minsiter should go ahead with buying new and up to date defence needs, does matter how much it cost. we should give our Army, navy and Air force the best to meet with any chalenge. rest of the expenditure can wait. if we are secure we can progress. othervise all of our progress will be destroyed by our enemies. do not play politics with security learn from Israel.
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