Indian Army to acquire eight landing attack craft for operations in creek areas
New Delhi, October 17: The Indian Army has initiated the process to acquire eight landing attack craft for carrying out search and rescue operations in the creek areas and river basins in different parts of the country, said the army officials.
The Army wants the crafts to be able to come in and out of water bodies without using a jetty. It is also moving ahead with a plan to buy six fast patrol boats under the Make in India in Defense programme, the officials added.
Meanwhile, the Indian Army is planning to start a dialogue series named the Chanakya Defense Dialogue.
As per sources, the curtain raiser of the event is planned for October 25 or 26, where Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande is likely to participate in a talk.
The first edition of the dialogue series is tentat...
