Defence White Paper 2009
The material goals for decade starting from 2010 are to equip following forces:
- Army Corps Headquarters
- Three Readiness Brigades
- Two mechanized battle groups
- Helicopter battalion
- Special Jaegers battalion
- Five (Regional) battle groups
- Three fighter squadrons
- Six main air force bases
- Two missile fast attack craft squadrons
- Two minelayers
- Two MCM squadrons
- Four ASM batteries
- Two coastal infantry battalions
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