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2. Sri Lanka Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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   The Sri Lanka Army is the oldest and largest of Sri Lanka's three armed services. Established as the Royal Ceylon Army in 1949, it was renamed when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. The Army of approximately 255,000 regular and reserve personnel including 90,000 National Guardsmen and is responsible for overseeing land-based military and ...

3. Sri Lanka Army - Wikipedia

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   Ceylon Supply & Transport Corps ... the event it was attacked by a foreign power and provided British military advisers to build up the country's military ...

4. Engineer Services Regiment - Wikipedia

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   The Corps of Engineer Services (CES) a regiment of the Sri Lanka Army. The role of the Corps of Engineer Services is to design, construct and maintain all buildings, roads and associated facilities such as electricity, water supply and drainage systems used by the Sri Lanka Army, Apart from this, the Regiment is also responsible for the installation, maintenance and repair of all types of ...

5. Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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   The National Security Council of Sri Lanka is the executive body of the Sri Lankan government that is charged with the maintenance of national security with authority to direct the Sri Lankan military and Police. The Minister of Defence and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence and the Chief of the Defence Staff are permanent ...

6. Ceylon Defence Force - Wikipedia

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   Brigadier Douglas Ramanayake - first commanding officer, Sri Lanka Engineers [2] Brigadier T. S. B. Sally - Former Chief of Staff, Sri Lanka Army; Colonel Fredrick C. de Saram, OBE, CA - first commanding officer, Sri Lanka Artillery and the leader of the Attempted military coup in 1962; Bombardier Gratien Fernando, CGA - leader of the Cocos ...

7. Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Wikipedia

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   In addition to its classic role, SLEME is tasked to function essential services such as electricity (power generation), water supply drainage, and railways during times of workers unrest and strikes. There are three base workshops at Udawalawe , Katubedda, and Colombo for base repairs of vehicles and equipment.

8. Lakvijaya Power Station - Wikipedia

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   The breakdown has caused a loss of 270 MW to the national grid as the Norochcholai coal power plant fulfills 15% of Sri Lanka’s power supply. [14] Operation

9. Centre for Defence Research and Development (Sri Lanka)

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   Centre for Defence Research and Development (CDRD) is a Sri Lankan Research and Development (R&D) institute under the Ministry of Defence responsible for the development technology for the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka. The CDRD cooperates with various branches of the military as well as other entities and is engaged in the development of both ...