In this connection, the Jane's Defence Weekly of June 8, 2006,reported as follows: "Sri Lanka is looking to Pakistan to significantlystrengthen its military capabilities amid the increasing prospect of renewedcivil war, revealed documents obtained exclusively by Jane’s DefenceWeekly. According to high-level discussions detailed in the documents, SriLanka has asked Pakistan to facilitate the purchase of defence equipment wortharound USD60 million. Sri Lanka has asked that their requests be given the‘utmost priority’ amid a deteriorating security situation and a fragileceasefire. The army’s shopping list has a combined value of USD20 million,while the air force’s requirements are worth a further USD38.1 million. Sri Lanka is clearly looking to build up its military capacity and has alsoissued a plea to Pakistan to provide swift technical assistance for its T-55main battle tanks and C-130 transport aircraft. In one of the documents, dated 1March, Sri Lanka writes ‘It would be greatly appreciated if arrangement couldbe made to invite a technical team to Colombo to carry out an immediate surveyof T-55 main battle tanks and C-130 (transport) aircraft." It adds: ‘Since anumber of MBTs [main battle tanks] and C-130s are in need of urgent technicalrepairs it is earnestly requested that this be given utmost priority and asuitable technical repair team be arranged to carry out immediateinspection…"The army’s extensive wish list includes ten Baktar Shikananti-tank guided missile weapon systems, 300 standard/tandem warheads and twotraining simulators; respectively worth USD1.5 million, USD4.5 million andUSD120,000."