India to get 1st batch of 3 US Apaches this month

NEW DELHI: The Army this period volition yet get 3 of the six long-delayed Apache onslaught helicopters, dubbed "tanks successful the air", nether the Rs 5,691 crore woody inked with the US successful February 2020.The archetypal 3 Boeing-manufactured Apache gunships volition beryllium delivered astir July 15, with the adjacent 3 coming by Nov. US caput of defence Pete Hegseth had assured defence curate Rajnath Singh, during a telephonic speech Tuesday, that the six heavy-duty choppers volition beryllium delivered wrong this year, arsenic was reported by TOI.The six Apache helicopters for the Army volition adhd to 22 specified choppers inducted by IAF nether the Rs 13,952 crore woody with the US successful Sept 2015.

One of those choppers was severely damaged aft a hard landing adjacent Khardung La successful Ladakh connected April 4 past year.The Army had raised the Apache squadron astatine Jodhpur on the occidental beforehand with Pakistan successful March past twelvemonth but determination person been aggregate delays successful transportation of the choppers owed to proviso concatenation problems. The Apaches are equipped with Stinger air-to-air missiles, Hellfire Longbow air-to-ground missiles, guns and rockets.