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New Delhi: With intelligence inputs suggesting that terrorists were planning to attack country's nuclear installations, Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor on Wednesday said Indian weapons were "fully secure" and that there was no doubt about their safety.
"As far as Indian nuclear weapons are concerned, I can assure you that whatever weapons we have, they are fully secure and there is no doubt about their safety," he told reporters here.
On Tuesday, the Home Ministry had issued an alert that Taliban-trained 'fidayeen' (suicide squad) have entered the country to carry out attacks at specific installations, including Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and defence establishments among others.
The Home Ministry had alerted Maharashtra, West Bengal, Gujarat and Delhi Police to take necessary measures to beef up security in the potential targets and intensify patrolling, specially in airports, railway stations, bus terminus and hotels.
Responding to a question on fortification of bunkers and posts by Pakistani forces along the International Border and the Line of Control, the Army Chief said, "some of these structures have come up and some others in other areas do keep coming up. It is also part of the kind of defensive preparation, which a country can do."
Kapoor said the forces will take stock of the development for some time to see the effect of the additional fortification of these bunkers and posts.
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