Paratroopers soar out of a C-130J Super Hercules within the skies over Ladakh
New Delhi:
The ramp of the American-made C-130J Super Hercules opens slowly because the four-engine transport plane involves a gentle airspeed excessive above the icy mountains of Ladakh.
The darkish cargo maintain then brightens up with ambient mild. Within seconds, a paratrooper carrying an oxygen masks runs in the direction of the sting of the ramp, provides a quick thumbs-up, after which jumps. One by yet one more paratroopers observe. Behind them the mountains of Ladakh roll by slowly.
This was one of many actions on show for Defence Minister Rajnath Singh throughout his go to to Ladakh as we speak. Mr Singh addressed troops at Lukung publish close to Pangong Lake, 43 km from the realm alongside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) the place Indian and Chinese troopers had been concerned in a violent face-off on June 15.
Lukung is a mixed publish, the place the Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) are stationed.
In visuals, the final paratrooper to leap out of the C-130J Super Hercules is seen gesturing to the digital camera. His again is in the direction of the open sky. After just a few seconds he releases himself from the ramp and floats away on his again.
Mr Singh is on a two-day visit to Ladakh, and Jammu and Kashmir. Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Army chief General MM Naravane accompanied him.
“India is the only country in the world that has given a message of peace to the world. We have never attacked a nation and have never staked claim to any country’s land. India believes in the message – ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ (world is one family),” the Defence Minister mentioned as we speak throughout his handle.
After reviewing operational preparedness on the LAC, the de facto border between India and China, Mr Singh flew to Srinagar to evaluate the state of affairs on the Line of Control.