Currently, among the important ammunition, Sri Lanka is in the process of buying 300 more MK 82 and MK 83 aerial bombs for its Air Force from the Air Weapons Complex (AWC), Pakistan, at a cost of over $2 million. It was one of these bombs that killed Tamil Selvam, the head of LTTE’s political wing.
Colombo, sources said, has made it clear to New Delhi at various levels that it is in dire need of more arms and ammunition and if there are reservations in India to fulfil these requirement, then it would have no option but to try importing from other countries including Pakistan.