“(In-service) Indian Army carbines were on display at the Oman military museum!” 

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Former chief of army staff General J.J. Singh tells Executive Editor Sandeep Unnithan about his epiphany at an Omani military museum in 2005. That wake-up call led to the ‘30:70’ small arms acquisition policy to replace antiquated small arms used by the forces. But 15 years on, that plan is yet to be fully realised.