In 2008-09, the budget capital outlay of Rs 37,482 crore was revised to Rs 30,614 crore as payouts earmarked for Admiral Gorshkov ($250-300 million), Brahmos missiles (Rs 2000 crore) and Eurocopter (Rs 3200 Cr) for the Indian Army were not made'

'Army Deputy Chief of Staff (Systems) Lt General Manbir Singh Dadwal was sent by the Government to Israel after the Mumbai attack to explore hardware options to tackle asymmetric threats posed by non-state players in the region.

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With the US land forces in Afghanistan in mind, the Army is all set to acquire the Harop weapon system that has the capability to loiter in the enemy territory and pick up targets through its electro-optical sensors and destroy them with its 23-kg warhead,' elaborated the report.