Gen. Bipin Rawat: Armed force needs modern technology

New Delhi, Jan 12 The Indian Army needs current weapons and innovation with the goal that warriors stay engaged, prepared, and prepared keeping in mind the end goal to battle future wars, Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat said on Friday.

"We require present day weapons, innovation. We nhave to look at what we require to battle the future wars. We need to get frameworks that are most appropriate for our prerequisites. When we discuss enabling officers, it is to give him innovation," General Rawat said at a question and answer session here, and included that a fighter ought to have capacity to do operations in day and night.

To this end, General Rawat said that the prime requirement of the security force is surveillance helicopters, "Our first necessity is of observation helicopters. We are taking a gander at Kamov that are coming in. It is proceeding onward track. 2019 ought to be the year when we should begin taking a gander at the genuine modernisation of helicopters."

He additionally educated infantry warrior on fringe who draw in with the adversary first will get present day strike rifles, and included, "Attack Rifle which is essential weapon of Infantry trooper has deferred because of the changed General Staff Qualitative Requirement (GSQR)."

"For different arms and administration, we are taking a gander at indigenous weapons. We are getting UAVs for Infantry authorities to use in his general vicinity of three to five kilometers," General Rawat included.

The families of soldiers as yet investing a considerable measure of energy in troublesome zones are likewise being cared for, General Rawat educated, and explained on the offices that are to be given to them, for example, settlement, training and so forth, "4000 family accomodations must be given in forsake territories. Before long the universities and school will have photographs of the PVCs. These are the genuine symbols, we don't need to take a gander at Bollywood."

Notwithstanding the fee Cap of Rs 10,000, the legislature has given in principle approval for two boarding schools like Sanskriti in Delhi, one in Pathankot for soldiers in Northern Borders and other could be in Central India like Bhopal, the army chief said.