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Army looking to acquire 11 more Apache attack helicopters

In the last 20 months five pilots have been killed in six MiG-21 Bison crashes

The Army currently has a shortfall of 1,16,484 personnel while the number in the Navy is 13,597 and the IAF 5,789, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh informed Lok Sabha

Even after the Corps Commander level talks, Chinese fighter jets are continuing attempts to provoke Indian forces deployed in Eastern Ladakh as they have been flying close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on multiple occasions. Read more on Dynamite News:

NEW DELHI: The IAF on Friday again strongly objected to the proposed creation of a stand-alone or separate Air Defence Command (ADC) as part of the overall plan to set up joint or integrated theatre commands in the country, with Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari stressing it could prove “counterproductive”…

The comments are significant in the context of ongoing deliberations on formation of theatre commands

35 jets have arrived in India, while one remains in France

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While sniffer dogs, hand-held thermal imagers and other sophisticated devices are used to check for any sign of life under mounds of debris, the Army has pressed heavy machinery into service in order to restore the route to the cave shrine at the earliest