General Rawat says army can fight with whatever weapons at its disposal

March 18, 2018 19:00

Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Sunday said the Indian army is ready to fight with whatever weapons are available and that the process of arms procurement is on.

His statement comes days after the parliamentary committee submitted a series of reports in Parliament, including one where the army flagged a financial crunch preventing it from purchasing new equipment and modernising itself. The army had told the committee that the financial crisis was crippling its combat capabilities.

On the reports that the army's weapons are becoming obsolete, the army chief said, "Weapons don't become obsolete overnight. What is new in these reports? This has been said in the past years too. Our jawans are trained in a manner that they can fight with whatever weapons are available with them. The paramilitary forces are also using these weapons."

Answering a question on the challenges of a two-front war with limited budget to buy weapons, he said, "Weapon procurement is not an overnight process. It's not that you go to a grocery store, pay the amount and get the weapons. The process is on."

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