new Delhi. The Indian Navy has joined hands with the Indian Army to counter the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China on the LAC. Indian Army is using Indian Navy’s MQ-9A drone to keep an eye on PLA on LAC. According to a report in Swarajmag.com, the Indian Navy’s MQ-9A drone is being taken by the Indian Army to keep an eye on the LAC. This drone is currently stationed at INS Rajali in Tamil Nadu. At the same time, the Indian Army is monitoring the LAC with the help of MQ-9A.
India had taken two MQ-9A drones from American based company
Explain that in the year 2020, two MQ-9A drones were taken on lease from the US-based company General Atomics under the US-based company General Atomics (COCO) lease agreement on increasing military standoff with China in eastern Ladakh. The MQ-9A is a turboprop-powered aircraft that can take off with 3,850 pounds of cargo. That is, its payload capacity is 3850 pounds, which includes 3,000 pounds of external stores.
MQ-9A can fly up to 50 thousand feet for 27 hours
Apart from this, the specialty of this drone is that it can fly in the air continuously for 27 hours. This special drone can fly up to a height of 50 thousand feet. The MQ-9A drone can also reportedly provide a ‘live feed’ of the picture of the ground situation on the ground to the Indian Army. India has also used MQ-9A drones to monitor the growing activities of the PLA Navy (PLAN) in the Indian Ocean.
Let us tell you that this is not the first time that the Indian Army has sought the help of the Indian Navy to take on the PLA of China on the LAC. In the past, the Indian Army used P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft of the Indian Navy to track Chinese activities across the LAC.