*NEW DELHI:* Indian Navy gets a big boost against Pakistan Navy warshipswith induction of latest cruise missiles deployment along coastal areas.

In a major boost for the naval forces, the Defence Ministry on Thursdaycleared the acquisition of two BrahMos supersonic cruise missile coastalbatteries for the Indian Navy. The Defence Minister also cleared theacquisition of ‘Made in India’ software-defined radios for the armed forces.

The decision to this effect was taken during the meeting of DefenceAcquisition Council (DAC), which was Rajnath Singh’s first meeting eversince he took over as the Defence Minister.

The highly placed government sources had said on Wednesday that during theDAC meeting, the Defence Minister is expected to decide on acquisition ofweapon systems worth around Rs 12,000 crore including the procurement oftwo BrahMos supersonic cruise missile batteries for the Navy.

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“The two mobile missile coastal batteries have to be acquired for the Navy.The Navy would deploy the Rs 1400 crore BrahMos supersonic cruise missilebatteries deployed on the Tatra trucks close to major cities from where itcan destroy any incoming enemy warship in case it is posing any threat,”government sources said.

The Navy wants to use the two BrahMos missile batteries to replace itsexisting systems which have become old and need replacement, they said.