Military systems liven up parade

This year’s Republic Day parade here, a traditional showcase for the country’s defence arsenal, featured an unusually large number of new military systems. At the very start, four brand new Mi-17V5 helicopters flew past, carrying the national flag. Followed by several other systems making a debut before the public. This is noteworthy, given the flak that the defence ministry (MoD) has taken for endemic delays in procuring equipment for modernising the ageing military.

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