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

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.