Parrikar clears purchase of ₹4.5k cr howitzers from US
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) headed by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday cleared the proposals for acquiring 145 M777 155 mm ultra-light howitzers worth ₹4,500 crore from the US. These howitzers will be deployed along the mountainous lines bordering Pakistan and China. This is the first time that guns are being purchased for the Army since Bofors in 1987.