Indian Air Force Gate New LCH: In Indian Air Force (Indian Air Force) New fighter to join. The first indigenous Light Combat Helicopter will be inducted into the Army. Today is a very important day to make India self-reliant. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will induct the indigenous Light Combat Helicopter (LCH-HAL Light Combat Helicopter) into the Indian Air Force today. This event will be held in Jodhpur. These indigenous LCHs will be deployed near the Jodhpur border. India is emphasizing on Swadeshi under the ‘Make in India’ initiative. In this respect, it is an important step. 10 Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) will be inducted into the Indian Defense Force today. Five of these helicopters will be in service with the Army and five with the Air Force.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh gave information in this regard through his Twitter account on Sunday. He tweeted that the first indigenously built Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) will be inducted into the Air Force. For this I will be present in Jodhpur, Rajasthan on 3rd October. With this helicopter, the strength of the Indian Air Force will increase further.
Features of Indigenous Light Combat Helicopter (LCH).
- The Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) helicopter weighs around 6 tonnes. The Apache helicopter (Boeing AH-64 Apache) purchased by India from America weighs about 10 tons. So LCH helicopter is lighter in weight than Apache helicopter.
- Due to its low weight, the LCH helicopter can take off and land at high altitudes with its missiles and other weapons.
- The ‘Mistral’ air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles of the LCH attack helicopter have been specially imported from France.
- The LCH has two pods of 12-12 rockets of 70mm each.
- The LCH helicopter has a 20 mm gun at the front, which can fire from any direction in 110 degrees.
- All the features of the cockpit will be displayed on the helmet of the pilot.
- After the Kargil War, India had decided to develop an indigenous LCH helicopter. Because at that time India did not have such attack helicopters that could go up to a height of 15-16 thousand feet and destroy enemy bunkers.
- In 2006, the government allowed the manufacture of LCH helicopters.
- After 15 years of hard work, this light combat helicopter has been made.
What is the difference between Apache helicopter and LCH helicopter?
India may have recently bought a state-of-the-art helicopter Apache from the US, but Apache has to face a lot of difficulties in take-off and landing in the hills of Kargil and Siachen. This is because apachi is heavy in weight. Although LCH helicopters are much lighter in comparison, LCH can attack enemies at high altitude.
what is special?
The LCH helicopter is manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL – Hindustan Aeronautics Limited). According to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, enemy radars will not be able to pick up the characteristics of the LCH helicopter easily. If an enemy helicopter or fighter jet fires its missile at the LCH, the LCH can miss the missile. Enemy fire will have no effect on LCH helicopters.
