The current arms deficit

The country's defence forces do not have enough arms to take on the enemy as a large number of weapons, fighter jets, ships and submarines in service near retirement and replacements look years away from arriving, delayed by a multi-layered arms acquisition process. As the labyrinthine arms acquisition process prevents the army, air force and navy to modernise at the desired pace, they are faced with an alarming deficit in their weaponry and fleets, which if not filled urgently will seriously undermine the country's...

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