The Indian armed forces are set to get military hardware worth about Rs 79,000 crores following the Defence Acquisition Council’s (DAC) approval of the proposed arms procurement. The decision was taken during a meeting in South Block under the chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday (October 23).

What the Army gets

The DAC provided the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for the procurement of the indigenous Nag Missile System (Tracked) Mk-II (NAMIS), Ground-Based Mobile ELINT System (GBMES) and High Mobility Vehicles (HMVs) with Material Handling Crane.

The Defence Ministry said that with the procurement of NAMIS (Tracked), the Army’s capability of destroying enemy combat vehicles, bunkers, and other field fortifications will receive a significant boost.

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