50 years on, attack choppers sought for China border

The army’s 2007 plan to set up a mountain strike corps for Arunachal Pradesh in the eastern sector is not only far from being shelved, the unit will also get more muscle in the form of attack helicopters that will be placed directly under its control. The corps will have 50,000 soldiers with high-altitude warfare skills as well as air-defence weaponry and artillery.

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