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Message: <blockquote data-quote="coolgayathra" data-source="post: 6263407" data-attributes="member: 163639">me wage boru ay deyyanbe kiyanne hikzz ane manda sfta giya kala ada |"lankadeepa|"  news papere eke 14 wani page eka balanna eke sf kiyano yuddeta anduwa or mahinda army ekata kisiam weapon ekak or naweena ayuda dunne nathilu dunne pathoram witharalu dunne chandrikalu... ane mage kata mehemath boru<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> [/CENTER] menna mahinda yudde wenuwen genaapu weapons and ships ayyo ban ay deyyane mehema boru kiyanne <a href="http://www.news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12875&Itemid=52" target="_blank">http://www.news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12875&Itemid=52</a> Sri Lanka also received Indian radar as part of the overall counter-measures taken to meet the LTTE air threat. New Delhi went to the extent of deploying her personnel along with mobile radar stations even in the war zone. That Indian personnel manning the radar stations received injuries in an LTTE artillery attack on the Vavuniya SLAF base at the height of the war must not be forgotten. As far as the radar was concerned, New Delhi stepped in with their equipment to prevent the deployment of state-of-the-art Chinese radar across the Palk Strait but eventually Colombo acquired the Chinese equipment. The President had an uncanny knack for making friends. His decision to enhance relations with South East Asia and Iran among other countries made things easier on the ground. Contrary to the advice of some of officials, Rajapaksa went all out to improve relations with Teheran though many felt that this could antagonize the western powers. But today Iranian financial assistance, particularly with regard to purchase of Sri Lanka’s fuel requirement is of critical importance. Sri Lanka also sought closer relations with Myanmar to the chagrin of a section of the Opposition. Dissident SLFP MP Mangala Samaraweera has repeatedly accused the President of getting closer to dictators at the expense of the country’s foreign relations. Despite some hiccups, the President remained committed to relations with Israel, one of the few countries which supported Colombo when then President JRJ needed assistance. The Rajapaksa administration had ordered six more fighting vessels for the navy from Israel. Of the three jet squadrons which played a critical role in the war against the LTTE, the Number 10 squadron comprises Israeli-built Kfirs, first acquired in 1996 during the CBK presidency. He also acquired advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) from Israel to enhance SLAF’s night surveillance capability as his forces gradually regained territory. Despite a tacit understanding that Colombo should be denied the wherewithal needed to prosecute war, the Rajapaksa administration stealthy bought in arms and ammunition. The amount of artillery and mortar rounds fired by the army deployed in the Jaffna peninsula in 2006, 2007 and 2008 was evidence the large stocks acquired under extremely difficult conditions. Let me tell you, at one time, Sri Lankan troops had to use old stocks of some types of ammunition due to shortage caused by a particular supplier halting ship movements for about over six months. Sri Lanka’s strategy saw a fleet of Israeli, Indian and one US Coast Guard vessel tracking down the LTTE fleet in less than two year period to the surprise of the international community which long believed that the LTTE could not be defeated militarily.</blockquote>

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