The defence ministry today approved a list of weapons, ammunition and hardware worth about Rs 30,000 crore that the armed forces want to acquire but with the caveat that most of them must be made in India. On the list is a replacement for the army's basic anti-aircraft guns - the L-70 and the Zu-23mm - that are of 1950s vintage, acquired from the Swedish firm Bofors and the then USSR's Podolsky Electromechanical plant. Read more