The Indian Army on Monday (November 1) conducted one of its largest airborne assault exercises when troops of the Army’s Shatrujeet brigade were inserted to a drop zone at an altitude of more than 14,000 feet.
The Indian Army’s Shatrujeet brigade is conducting an airborne exercise along the northern borders in eastern Ladakh to check its rapid response capabilities amid Indian and Chinese militaries who are in a border standoff in eastern Ladakh since May 2020.
These exercises are part of the Army to pre-acclimatise the troops along with specialist vehicles and missile detachments were transported through C-130 and AN-32 aircraft from five different airbases to enhance inter-theatre move, precision stand-off drops, rapid grouping, and the capture of designated objectives with speed and surprise, they said.
This paradrop is one of a kind in the world and the Indian Army is the most experienced military to conduct this dangerous exercise particularly when temperatures are minus 20 degrees Celsius and rarefied atmosphere in the super high altitude terrain.
The exercise also involved combat-free fall jumps and integrated battle drills by airborne forces, mechanized columns, and attack helicopters, to turn this into a cohesive rapid response capability and seamless integration.
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