NEW DELHI: The Army has conducted another 'airborne insertion and rapid response' exercise in the strategically-sensitive Siliguri Corridor, the narrow strip of land that connects the northeast with the rest of India, amidst the ongoing 22-month-long military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh.
Around 600 paratroopers of the Army's airborne rapid response teams were air-dropped from IAF aircraft near the Siliguri Corridor for the exercise on Thursday and Friday, which coincided with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi's visit to New Delhi, in an unmistakable signal along the northern borders.
