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Monday 27 June 2011

Indian Army raising new special forces battalion
New Delhi: Strengthening its capabilities to carry out special operations, the Indian Army is raising a new special forces battalion which will be deployed in the north-eastern sector.

A new battalion of the Parachute Regiment -- 11 Para (SF) -- is being raised and will be first deployed in the north-eastern sector, Army sources said here.

This will be eighth special forces battalion of the Parachute Regiment and will be deployed in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations in that region, they said.



The Parachute Regiment has 10 battalions under it and seven of them have been trained as special forces, which are supposed to carry out counter-terrorist operations during peacetime and sabotage enemy installations beyond enemy lines during wars.

The special forces battalions include the 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 21 para units, which are deployed in different sectors of the country and have also been given responsibility to handle any 26/11 type attacks if that occurs near their area of deployment.

The Army wants to increase the number of special forces troops to more than 10 battalions with around 700 men in each.

These battalions have been provided with modern equipment such as Tavor 21 assault rifles.
Awadhesh Kumar - Agra
it`s time to re raise the erstwhile hq special forces under a major general and then move on to create a tri service s f command.
Sagar - Australia
what i`d really like to see is a unified special forces command for special units from the three services. i think this would allow far greater synergy and optimisation of resources rather than merely raising new units. also i belive it`s high time that the sf units are formed into a seperate regiment rather thatn be an appendage to the parachute regiment.
shanky - delhi
it is a very nice and accurate move by indian army to deploy paratroopers in north-east sector, more such deployments are needed after increase in chinese soldiers` activities on lac.

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