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New Delhi: Against the backdrop of China
strengthening its capability to airlift soldiers,
India is planning to raise around 1,500 more
airborne troops for deployment in the northeast
along the China border. Under the 12th Defence Plan, India is planning to
raise two new battalions of the airborne troops
with around 1,500 personnel under the elite
Parachute Regiment of the Army, Defence
Ministry sources said here. The new raisings would be apparently used to
check any move by any adversary to airdrop
their troops within Indian territory and capture
that area, they said. The new units would also be used for the
conventional roles in counter terrorism and
counter insurgency operations in that area and
would also be capable of being dropped behind
enemy lines in case of any future war, they said.
Recently, the Army raised the 11 Para (SF) that is being deployed under the Tezpur-based 4 Corps
and 3 Corps in Dimapur which are two of the
Army's main formations looking after the border
with China in the northeast. The Parachute Regiment has 10 units under it of
which eight are Special Forces units while the
rest are Para Commando units with capability of
launching airborne operations. Seven among them have already been trained
and classified as Special Forces, which are
supposed to carry out counter- insurgency
operations during peacetime and sabotage
enemy installations beyond enemy lines during
wars. They are deployed in different sectors of the
country and have also been given the
responsibility to handle 26/11 type attacks near
their area of deployment. China in the recent past has significantly
enhanced its capability to launch airborne
operations and according to some reports, can air
lift more than 3,500 soldiers for operational
deployment in one go.
http://www.zeenews.com/news.aspx?id=844452
strengthening its capability to airlift soldiers,
India is planning to raise around 1,500 more
airborne troops for deployment in the northeast
along the China border. Under the 12th Defence Plan, India is planning to
raise two new battalions of the airborne troops
with around 1,500 personnel under the elite
Parachute Regiment of the Army, Defence
Ministry sources said here. The new raisings would be apparently used to
check any move by any adversary to airdrop
their troops within Indian territory and capture
that area, they said. The new units would also be used for the
conventional roles in counter terrorism and
counter insurgency operations in that area and
would also be capable of being dropped behind
enemy lines in case of any future war, they said.
Recently, the Army raised the 11 Para (SF) that is being deployed under the Tezpur-based 4 Corps
and 3 Corps in Dimapur which are two of the
Army's main formations looking after the border
with China in the northeast. The Parachute Regiment has 10 units under it of
which eight are Special Forces units while the
rest are Para Commando units with capability of
launching airborne operations. Seven among them have already been trained
and classified as Special Forces, which are
supposed to carry out counter- insurgency
operations during peacetime and sabotage
enemy installations beyond enemy lines during
wars. They are deployed in different sectors of the
country and have also been given the
responsibility to handle 26/11 type attacks near
their area of deployment. China in the recent past has significantly
enhanced its capability to launch airborne
operations and according to some reports, can air
lift more than 3,500 soldiers for operational
deployment in one go.
http://www.zeenews.com/news.aspx?id=844452
