On December 8, a Mi-17V5 helicopter aboard a four-star Indian Army general, Indian Army Chief of Defence And Indian Army General Bipin Rawat, crashed in Tamil Nadu, India. In addition to Bipin Rawat, there were his wife and 11 other personnel on board.
Photos of the crash scene
In the search and rescue operation after the crash, Indian army ground search and rescue personnel quickly searched for Bipin Rawat and took him to the hospital for rescue. But then the Indian Air Force officially said that not only Bipin Rawat died, but all 12 other people on board were also killed, 13 of the aircraft were killed.
As a four-star general in the Indian Army, Bipin Rawat is very concerned about the Indian Army's performance near the Sino-Indian border. When the Indian Army was crushed by the Pla-Pla-Army in last year's Sino-Indian border conflict, Bipin Rawat threatened to launch a surprise attack on the PLA and would not let the previous Rout of the Indian Army repeat itself.
In addition, Bipin Rawat has made many tough remarks on China. Bipin Rawat has made a high-profile statement that China is India's "number one enemy" and has called for a focus on dealing with China. Bipin Rawat said that tibet 'independence' and a buffer zone between China and India was his biggest goal, and once India could win the support of the United States and Russia, then it was impossible for India and China to go to war.
What is more interesting is that Zhang Zhaozhong, the "bureau seat", once said that the crash in India was more serious after Bipin Rawat accompanied Modi to inspect the Sino-Indian border by helicopter last year, and the helicopter was also among them. After the crash of Indian Defense Chief of Defense Chief Bipin Rawat, many Chinese netizens also jokingly called the causal law weapon of "Bureau Seat" successfully launched.
The helicopter that crashed this time is a Mi-171V5 transport helicopter imported by India from Russia, and India has imported a total of 139 Mi-17V5 transport helicopters from Russia. The Mi-17V5, numbered ZP-5164, was not a high-ranking officer aircraft and was used for other transport missions.
According to the Indian Air Force, the flight was a short-distance flight, and in addition to the pilot, Bipin Rawat and his wife, there were several staff officers and special operators accompanying the escort, and the composition of the personnel was no problem. Therefore, the cause of the crash was either a mechanical failure of the helicopter itself or a pilot's operation error, and the Indian Air Force said it would investigate next.
India's hundreds of Mi-17V5 helicopter crash rate is not low, in the past 8 years, there have been 6 accidents. Many people are currently suspecting that there is a problem with helicopter maintenance, because in 2019, India itself overhauled the Mi-17V5 helicopters in hand. Judging from the fact that India has repaired so many problems in repairing fighter jets, it will really be India itself that will repair it.
In fact, the Mi-17V5 helicopter can be said to be very "skinny", China has also imported the Mi-17V5 transport helicopter from Russia and equipped it for the Land Aviation Force, its performance is very stable, and the proper rate is much higher than the hundreds of Mi-17V5 transport helicopters in the hands of the Indian Air Force. The United States also took this light on this and directly paid for the purchase of a batch of Mi-17V5 transport helicopters for the former Afghan government forces.
China Luhang is equipped with a Mi-17V5 helicopter
The conversation turned back to Bipin Rawat himself, who was killed in the plane crash and many projects of the Indian Army would be greatly affected. The Russian-Indian meeting has just ended, and many of the military cooperation signed with Russia, such as Russia's supply for the Indian Navy in the Far East, India's opening of military ports for the use of Russian naval warships, and other matters, need to be re-recruited.
Russia and India have just reached 10 military cooperation agreements
For the Indian army itself, Bipin Rawat is an important promoter of India's military reform. India once wanted to learn from China, the United States and Russia to carry out military reform, but because of the numerous factions within the Indian army, the resistance to the military reform of the Indian army was very large. Bipin Rawat is an important figure who vigorously promotes the military reform of the Indian army, and his sudden death in the plane is bound to lead to the continuation of the military reform of the Indian army.
To put it a little further, Although Bipin Rawat is india's chief of defence staff, he is also a four-star general in the Indian army. Bipin Rawat, who came from the Indian Army, has also been hoping to modernize the Indian Army through the Sino-Indian border issue. After all, without The Advocacy of Bipin Rawat, the Indian Army would have been less able to grab military spending than the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy.
After the death of Bipin Rawat in the plane crash, the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force, which side of the candidate to serve as the chief of the Indian Defense Chief, will directly affect the development of the services within the Indian army for a period of time in the future, which will set off a battle within the Indian army.
Of course, it is very unlikely that India will change its attitude toward China in the short term. For the current Sino-Indian border problem, because of the terrain limitations, our army has accumulated combat strength, and it is still a top priority to build an infrastructure suitable for the rapid advance of large armies. The sudden death of Bipin Rawat may make this winter on the Sino-Indian border a little quieter.
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