NEW DELHI (PTI): The mountain strike corps sanctioned for the Indian Army for deployment along the China border will have an aviation brigade that may include the Apache attack choppers.
The corps was sanctioned by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) yesterday at a cost of Rs 65,000 crore and would involve raising of around 50,000 troops for it.
The new corps may have the Apache attack choppers as the Defence Ministry has given permission to the Army for having a separate case for procuring the American-manufactured helicopters, sources told PTI here.
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