Chief of Army Staff Gen Deepak Kapoor says the project is high on his agenda
Chief of Army Staff Gen Deepak Kapoor says the project is high on his agenda
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On his mark: Chief of Army Staff Gen Deepak Kapoor at a news conference in New Delhi on Thursday Pic/Imtiyaz Khan |
Admitting that about 80 per cent of India's battle tanks were "night blind", Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor on Thursday said the process to provide night vision capabilities to the tanks for warfare after dark was in progress.
"Yes, you are right. One of the major area of my concerns is to remove the night blindness of the tanks so that we are able to effectively fight in the night as we are able to do in the day," Kapoor said.
"There are projects already in the pipeline for ensuring the kind of night vision capability that some of our adversaries have. It takes at least three to four years and some of the projects are likely to fructify in the next year or so," he added.
Pakistan reportedly has a fleet of tanks of which 80 per cent have night vision devices and China's whole tank fleet has the capability.
On the delays in the artillery modernisation, Kapoor said it was also a matter of concern, as the army wanted better guns.
"Keeping that in mind, the trials for the towed guns are scheduled in February," he said.
