{"id":28792,"date":"2018-10-24T14:52:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28792"},"modified":"2018-10-24T14:52:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:22:28","slug":"why-apaches-for-army-ask-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-apaches-for-army-ask-critics\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Apaches for Army, ask critics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/why-apaches-for-army-ask-critics\/article24175255.ece\">Why Apaches for Army, ask critics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The U.S. State Department recently approved sale of six Apache helicopters to India for the Army.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>In 2015, The IAF procurement plan was approved .<\/li>\n<li>A Contract for 22 AH-64E Apache attack helicopter and 15 Chinook heavylit helicopters singed with the U.S. and Beoing on sep 2015<\/li>\n<li>Delivery period: From July 2019 to March 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Under the present procurement plan, the IAF will operate 22 Apache attack helicopters, while the Army will have six of them.<\/li>\n<li>In August 2017, the government approved the procurement of six Apaches<\/li>\n<li>These Six Apaches will be operated by the Indian Army, which has long pitched for attack helicopters of its own.<\/li>\n<li>According to the Defence Security Cooperation Agency(DSCA), the deal would be worth $ 930 million.<\/li>\n<li>At present, Air Force operates all big helicopters, including Mi-35 attack choppers.<\/li>\n<li>These aircrafts can have a disproportionate firepower on enemy tanks on the ground.<\/li>\n<li>Presently, the Army operates only smaller Cheetah and ALH(Advanced Light Helicopters) that weigh less than five tonne.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1230 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/currentaffairs.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/helicopter.jpg?resize=615%2C407\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"407\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Apaches for Army, ask critics News: The U.S. State Department recently approved sale of six Apache helicopters to India for the Army. Important facts: In 2015, The IAF procurement plan was approved . A Contract for 22 AH-64E Apache attack helicopter and 15 Chinook heavylit helicopters singed with the U.S. and Beoing on sep&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-apaches-for-army-ask-critics\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why Apaches for Army, ask critics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704734109},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}