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Ultimate safety for Indian troops
Bangalore: Flying a plane can give one a major thrill in life - especially when it zooms, rolls, spins, flies upside down, swoops down and travels at a speed higher than sound.
But, if one wants to do all that, one has to be dressed for the occasion and there is more to the attire than just goggles, helmets and a special jacket.
The Defence Bio Engineering and Electromedical Lab in Bangalore is now ready with its latest gear for paratroopers - a jacket and accessories that can keep you alive if you jump from a height of 30,000 feet.
Says the Director of the lab, Dr V C Padaki, "For combat operations, paratroopers are dropped behind enemy lines and glide there for specific operations. When they dive from 30,000 feet they are exposed to rarefied atmosphere, where there is very little oxygen and temperatures drop to -50 degrees. The paratrooper then needs protection from the hazardous environment."
The scientists here have been working on a jacket which will keep a paratrooper safe come what may - high pressure, minus temperatures and no oxygen.
It's a jacket that's been on trials for a year now. It will arm India's soldiers to fly into enemy territory from a height where enemy radars cannot reach, and jump in for specific operations.
Says Dr Padaki, "More than 150 live jumps have been tried out at various altitudes and all have been successful."
The jacket could be the ultimate in safety gear that India has and promises to keep paratroopers safe in the most extreme of circumstances.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/ultimate-safety-gear-for-indian-army/33247-3.html
Bangalore: Flying a plane can give one a major thrill in life - especially when it zooms, rolls, spins, flies upside down, swoops down and travels at a speed higher than sound.
But, if one wants to do all that, one has to be dressed for the occasion and there is more to the attire than just goggles, helmets and a special jacket.
The Defence Bio Engineering and Electromedical Lab in Bangalore is now ready with its latest gear for paratroopers - a jacket and accessories that can keep you alive if you jump from a height of 30,000 feet.
Says the Director of the lab, Dr V C Padaki, "For combat operations, paratroopers are dropped behind enemy lines and glide there for specific operations. When they dive from 30,000 feet they are exposed to rarefied atmosphere, where there is very little oxygen and temperatures drop to -50 degrees. The paratrooper then needs protection from the hazardous environment."
The scientists here have been working on a jacket which will keep a paratrooper safe come what may - high pressure, minus temperatures and no oxygen.
It's a jacket that's been on trials for a year now. It will arm India's soldiers to fly into enemy territory from a height where enemy radars cannot reach, and jump in for specific operations.
Says Dr Padaki, "More than 150 live jumps have been tried out at various altitudes and all have been successful."
The jacket could be the ultimate in safety gear that India has and promises to keep paratroopers safe in the most extreme of circumstances.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/ultimate-safety-gear-for-indian-army/33247-3.html
