FEATURED TODAY IN IndiaNandan Nilekani files nomination, to face Ananth KumarSatpal Maharaj quits Congress, joins BJPButa Singh gets Samajwadi Party ticket from Rajasthan's JaloreShiv Ralph Lauren Store Ralph Lauren Outlet Sena to contest Lok Sabha polls in UP, Bihar and DelhiTreasure Island case: Digvijay Singh gets clean chit from CBIMadhya Pradesh HC notices to Centre, state over fate of Pak HindusLok Sabha polls: Ralph Lauren Outlet Store Bappi Lahiri, B Sriramulu in BJP seventh listMuzaffarnagar riots should not be used to derive poll gains: Jaya PradaCongress govt in Goa knew about mining scam, former minister claimsBail denied to two accused in UP riot casesmorePage 1 of 4NEW DELHI: As doubts over viability of the three decade old Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT) are being raised, the Army has indicated it would place no more orders than 124 already made to Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi, sounding the death knell of the DRDO project."Army will Ralph Lauren Outlet Store no more place orders for Arjun beyond 124 that was already contracted. That is because Army is now looking 20 years ahead and wants a futuristic MBT," Lt Gen Dalip Bharadwaj, Army Director General (Mechanised Infantry), said here.Though Bharadwaj discounted suggestions that it would mean the end http://panoramicimages.com/ralph-lauren.asp of DRDO's Arjun Cheap Ralph Lauren project that began in 1972, he did point out induction of more Arjun MBTs at this stage would only mean India lagging behind in the technological race in armoured fighting vehicles."Arjun is a contemporary tank and may be used in the next decade or so, but not for a technologically advanced, next generation warfare some two decades hence," Bhardwaj said on the sidelines of an interactive session with defence private Cheap Ralph Lauren Polo industry at CII.After 36 years Ralph Lauren Outlet into its design and development, Arjun had as recently as in December 2007 failed winter trials, as stated in a Parliamentary report. It is yet to go through crucial comparative trials with Russian tanks, a mandatory process before induction into Army.With Cheap Ralph Lauren Polo uncertainty looming over Arjun tanks, Army has already increased its orders for Russian T 90 tanks by another 330 last year, over and above the 1000 it had ordered, clearly indicating T 90s would be the MBT of Indian Army for the next decade.Chennai based Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) had last year handed over 14 Arjuns to the Army for trials, but they were returned with a list of defects in its fire control systems, inaccuracy of guns, low speeds in tactical areas such as deserts and inability to operate in temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius.This summer too Army and the DRDO took out Arjuns for trials, but the results were yet to be made public.Cheap Ralph Lauren
