Although the Army's Northern Command has issued a global tender for procuring latest snow mobiles which will ensure better mobility for jawans and intensified patrolling in the snow-bound areas of ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, veteran top brass said that the renovation, maintenance and upgradation of equipment and weapons should be done intensively for keeping a tap on cross-border terrorism.
In an exclusive interaction with The Pioneer, Brig (Retd) KG Behl said that the Indian Army decision to procure 20 snow mobiles for the Army units deployed in Northern Command theatre in J&K is surely a welcome step but the defence forces should spend more budget on renovation and modernization.
Various cases of infringement of ceasefire along the international boundaries were reported in the last few months, which is surely a cause of concern for the security forces.
The only depredation of the slower RMU (Renovation, Modernisation and Upgradation) is that several cases of infiltration will keep rising in the near future also.
He said that although the Indian defence forces keeping a strict vigil along the international border, the latest equipments and machineries will strictly reduce the cross border infiltration. Echoing the same feelings, former IG (BSF) SS
Kothiyal, said that the introduction of the latest communication and weapons is the need of the hour in the Indian defence forces in order to keep a tab on cross border terrorism and infiltration. He said that the latest snow mobiles will surely help the Indian defence forces to keep a tab on the cross border infiltration.
It is noteworthy that the Army said that snow mobiles should have operational characteristics including snow & high altitude terrain operations, with operationalibility of minimum 4,500 metres altitude in operating temperature of Plus 10 degree Celsius to Minus 40 degree Celsius.