Sri Lanka, May 19 -- Former Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, says he has not seen significant progress in the country's military after the end of the war.

Speaking during a special "Big Focus" program on TV Derana, which was aired today in commemoration of National War Heroes' Day, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka mentioned that a significant number of the tanks used during the war have been destroyed.

Further elaborating, he said:

"I wholeheartedly disagree with the claim that there has been progress in the military over the past 16 years since the war ended. Let me give you an example: when I was in the war, we had 80 tanks. By the time the war ended, 50 of them were destroyed. Today, there are only about 30...