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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 9631517" data-attributes="member: 92282">Not satisfied with the performance of the Indian radar system, Sri Lanka  bought radar equipment from the United States and installed them in the  north despite strong objections from New Delhi, according to the latest  US cables released by WikiLeaks.Sri Lanka quietly asked the United States for assistance to improve its  air defence systems as India-supplied radars had proved insufficient to  prevent an attack by LTTE aircraft on the Katunayake air base in March  2007, but it agreed with the Americans that New Delhi must be kept in  the loop.Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapakse summoned U.S. Ambassador Robert O.  Blake and the Defence Attache at the U.S. Embassy on March 30, 2007 and  sought a visit by a U.S. military team to assess how Sri Lanka could  improve its air defence systems against future LTTE air attacks. The meeting took place days after an LTTE air-raid at the Sri Lanka Air  Force base at Katunayake, in which several helicopters, including two  Mi-17s on loan from India, were damaged. At the time, there were media reports that the Indian radars had failed  to detect the aircraft, but Sri Lankan officials denied the reports. According to a cable sent from the U.S. Embassy in Colombo on April 1,  2007 (102721: confidential) and accessed by The Hindu through WikiLeaks,  Mr. Gothabaya Rajapakse told the envoy that Sri Lanka's current radar  systems were "not sufficient" to meet the LTTE air threat. <a href="http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/10339-lanka-wanted-us-help-wikileaks.html#comments" target="_blank">dm</a></blockquote>

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