After a 10-year wait, army to get 50,000 new bullet-proof vests

March 31, 2016 10:42

The Indian Army desperately needs 3,53,765 new bullet-proof vests. It will now get 50,000 such vests for which it had to sign an "emergency" procurement contract worth Rs 140 crore.

And this, too, took 10 years. "The jackets will be delivered from August onwards. All the jackets are to be delivered by January 2017," a defence ministry source said.

The army's existing bulky bullet-proof vests -- with poor protection -- are near the end of their operational life.

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