Mumbai:
Security forces will face a "hot summer" with sustained attempts being made from across the border to sneak in more terrorists, Defence Minister A K Antony said on Thursday.
"Those inimical to India's interest are sending more and more terrorists across the border and it is going to be a hot summer as far as security is concerned," Antony told reporters after the launch of third destroyer built by Mazgaon Docks for the Indian Navy.
The Army is ready to face attempts to sneak in more terrorists from across the border this summer, the minister said.
With over 300 militants active in the Valley and another 400 waiting to cross over from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the Army apprehends escalation in infiltration and violence in Jammu and Kashmir in the coming months.
Weapons, ammunition, equipment, food items, medicines and also some video-clips and photographs recovered from slain militants in recent weeks clearly indicated a high degree of desperation of terrorists and their mentors, it said.
According to the Army, 42 training camps were intact across the border. Of them 34 are active and 400 militants are waiting for an opportunity to cross over to this side from 20 launching pads.
Antony said the Army, Navy and Air Force needs to modernise "and the government is very clear that we need to modernise our armed forces very fast," he said.
After 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, everybody realized that coastal security is becoming very important, he said.
Earlier, speaking at the launch ceremony, Antony said, "We want to build naval ships indigenously and we must involve private shipyards. We cannot go back to the old days of depending on foreign shipyards to fulfill our needs."
Naval aircraft carrier Gorshkov, acquired from Russia would be commissioned in the Indian Navy in 2010, he said.
Also, the indigenous aircraft carrier being built at Kochi would be commissioned in 2014, Antony said.
"Those inimical to India's interest are sending more and more terrorists across the border and it is going to be a hot summer as far as security is concerned," Antony told reporters after the launch of third destroyer built by Mazgaon Docks for the Indian Navy.
The Army is ready to face attempts to sneak in more terrorists from across the border this summer, the minister said.
With over 300 militants active in the Valley and another 400 waiting to cross over from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the Army apprehends escalation in infiltration and violence in Jammu and Kashmir in the coming months.
Weapons, ammunition, equipment, food items, medicines and also some video-clips and photographs recovered from slain militants in recent weeks clearly indicated a high degree of desperation of terrorists and their mentors, it said.
According to the Army, 42 training camps were intact across the border. Of them 34 are active and 400 militants are waiting for an opportunity to cross over to this side from 20 launching pads.
Antony said the Army, Navy and Air Force needs to modernise "and the government is very clear that we need to modernise our armed forces very fast," he said.
After 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, everybody realized that coastal security is becoming very important, he said.
Earlier, speaking at the launch ceremony, Antony said, "We want to build naval ships indigenously and we must involve private shipyards. We cannot go back to the old days of depending on foreign shipyards to fulfill our needs."
Naval aircraft carrier Gorshkov, acquired from Russia would be commissioned in the Indian Navy in 2010, he said.
Also, the indigenous aircraft carrier being built at Kochi would be commissioned in 2014, Antony said.
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