Commie slayer C-60 Commandos
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It’s leased by Pawan Hans from ONGC, and Pawan Hans has a base in Gadchiroli for medevac purposes and govt use. It’s regularly used by Maharashtra Police and state ministers.
Good ways to ensure success in operations against the Naxals,
1. Involve the Locals.
2. Ensure Quick Medevac facilities exist.
3. Train them well and ensure they’re competent by first replying them in other less critical regions to judge their skills.
4. Good intel network, which will naturally fall in place due to point 1.
These 4 steps will exponentially reduce casualties and increase success. Of course occasionally shit happens, but these will definitely help in ensuring it rarely does. MH Govt. And police have done a good job partnering with Pawan Hans and other Helo operators to ensure Medevac and quick transport facilities are available to their men, but it would be preferable if they didn’t use civil helos and crew and purchased/leased their own with crews trained to operate in a combat environment , perhaps with HAL LUH it might be more feasible as Dhruv’s or other imported platforms are somewhat difficult to maintain and operate for State police forces. MH is blessed in this way as many private and state owned helicopter operators are based there, hence the LUH is critical for other states who need a cheap and easy to maintain helicopter to perform the above tasks.
