Highway turns helipad as Indian Army helicopters land near Pakistan border in Rajasthan

Indian Army helicopters landed and took off from National Highway 911 near Dantour in Rajasthan during a drill close to the Pakistan border. The exercise tested alternative landing procedures using Rudra, Dhruv and Chetak helicopters when regular aviation facilities are unavailable.

New Delhi: The Indian Army turned a section of National Highway 911 near Dantour in Rajasthan into a temporary helipad on Tuesday with military helicopters landing and taking off from the road during an operational drill close to the India-Pakistan border.

The exercise was held on the 10th anniversary of the surgical strikes carried out by the Army across the Line of Control on the night of September 28-29, 2016. The strikes came days after a terrorist attack on an Army base in Uri that........

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