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The Ministry of Defence has finalized two contracts, amounting to Rs 802 crore, for the acquisition of military equipment. Jupiter Wagons will supply 697 Bogie Open Military (BOM) Wagons for Rs 473 crore, while BEML (Bharat Earth Movers Limited) will provide 56 Mechanical Minefield Marking Equipment (MMME) Mark II at a cost of Rs 329 crore.
The Ministry of Defence signed two contracts on Thursday for procurement of 697 Bogie Open Military (BOM) Wagons at a cost of Rs 473 crore with M/s Jupiter Wagons Limited and the procurement of 56 Mechanical Minefield Marking Equipment (MMME) ...
The BOM Wagons and MMME will be produced with equipment and sub-system sourced from indigenous manufacturers, giving a boost to the indigenous manufacturing and participation of the private sector in defence production, realising the vision of ''Atmanirbhar Bharat'', the MoD said in a press release.
An array of Christian and faith organizations have called for the rejection of weapons systems that select targets without meaningful human control using killer robots, saying they are unacceptable and need to be banned.
Irish soldiers monitoring the "Blue Line" separating Israel and Lebanon - one of the most dangerous areas in the world - have been deployed as part of multi-national commitment to preventing conflict and to detect and deter hostile fire. But fears are growing of an "all out war".