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To: Satya Podury who wrote (8416)	10/14/1999 2:42:00 PM
From: JPR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

India planning $1.5 billion Army upgrade Washington: India will modernise its Army at a cost of $1.5 billion to prevent more Kargils', a US defence weekly has said. The Indian Army has prepared an urgent modernisation plan to reequip itself to face the military challenges in Kargil and other parts of the Kashmir valley posed by the military forces of Pakistan, and it is expected to be approved, Defense News said. The senior army official said the plan includes immediate procurement of ammunition and basic surveillance and communication equipment, bullet-proof jackets, ground sensors, surveillance radars,night vision systems, thermal imagers, electronic warfare systems for jamming and listening to communications, unmanned aerial vehicles and a geostationary satellite. The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract already for the purchase of 37.5 million dollars worth of laser-guided 155mm Krasanopol-m rounds and laser finders for the artillery. The agreement for the purchase from Konstruktorskoe Byeuro Priborostroeniya is subject to successful tests of the smart projectiles at higher altitudes.