Srinagar: In an effort to counter terrorists armed with modern weapons, the Jammu and Kashmir police are set to receive a significant upgrade in their arsenal with new arms procured from Israel and Germany.
“We will be having the latest weapon system to counter our enemy,” stated J&K police chief R R Swain, addressing concerns about terrorists in the recent Kathua and Doda encounters being armed with US-made M-4 carbines.
Earlier this month, five foreign terrorists were killed in separate encounters in the Kathua and Doda districts of Jammu region. Security forces recovered three US-made M-4 carbines along with other weapons from the sites.
The M-4 carbine, a 5.56×45mm select-fire, gas-operated weapon developed in the 1980s, is extensively used by the US military. Terrorists backed by Pakistan in J&K have been found using these carbines, along with steel-core bullets and night-vision glasses left behind by US-led NATO troops in Afghanistan in the last two years.
This story was originally published in deccanherald.com. Read the full story here.
