Archive for the ‘Indian Preparedness’ Category

India struggling with making warfare clothing

Monday, May 10th, 2010

IANS Apr 30, 2010 A parliamentary panel has lamented that India, which is capable of launching satellites and manufacturing missiles, tanks and other state-of-the-art defence equipment, lacks adequate capabilities for making specialised clothing for high altitude warfare. That is the reason why, of the 55 items authorised for soldiers stationed in areas ...

Tunnel to Ladakh will ease supplies (and travel!) to Siachen

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

>офис обзавежданеel vision 2014: To Ladakh by road in sleet and snow8 Dec 2009, 1317 hrs IST, IANSNEW DELHI: Work on the strategic Rohtang Tunnel that will ensure all weather road connectivity to Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir will begin early next year and be completed by 2014, more than three ...

Verbal war over Siachen: India hits back

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

9/17/2007 - The Indian government has lashed out at Pakistan for protesting New Delhi's plans to throw open Siachen Glacier to tourists. The Indian government, that controls a large chunk of the disputed Glacier has firmly told Pakistan that it does not need Islamabad's permission to open the glacier to tourists ...

Dhruv all set to be inducted in Siachen sector

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

Jammu: The indigenously developed Dhruv helicopter is set to be inducted by the army in the Siachen sector after successfully completing trials at the icy heights. The test trials were conducted in February, defence sources told PTI. After its formal induction, the first advanced light helicopter would join the MI-17V, Chetak, Cheeta ...

Siachen Glacier: The story with pictures

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

Indian army on PatrolFor more than 17 blustery, shivering years, the Indian and Pakistani armies have been fighting a "No-Win" war on the 20,000-foot-high Siachen Glacier, the world's highest battleground. Pakistan, like India, has about 10,000 soldiers camped on this glacier. For a soldier, this is where hell freezes over, ...

Siachen Pioneers to get more punch

Sunday, May 14th, 2006

Leh, May 14 After having put their name in record books, the Siachen Pioneers, the Air Force's lifeline to troops deployed in inaccessible areas atop the world?s highest battlefield, is looking at further enhancing its reach and capabilities with the induction of new helicopters.Known as the 114 Helicopter Unit, the ...