{"id":103997,"date":"2026-04-16T08:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/hals-light-utility-helicopter-specs-altitude-edge-and-why-it-matters-for-indias-siachen-ops\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:37:13","slug":"hals-light-utility-helicopter-specs-altitude-edge-and-why-it-matters-for-indias-siachen-ops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/hals-light-utility-helicopter-specs-altitude-edge-and-why-it-matters-for-indias-siachen-ops\/","title":{"rendered":"HAL\u2019s Light Utility Helicopter: Specs, altitude edge and why it matters for India\u2019s Siachen ops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the super high altitude border areas in both the North and the North East, the Cheetah helicopter is not just a machine, its a lifeline for the troops deployed on desolate posts in defence of India. In these areas the helicopter is a lifeline and often the sole mode of transport. As the Chetak and the Cheetah helicopter head towards retirement, a new helicopter India&#8217;s own Light Utility Helicopter is poised to take their place.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the super high altitude border areas in both the North and the North East, the Cheetah helicopter is not just a machine, its a lifeline for the troops deployed on desolate posts in defence of India. In these areas the helicopter is a lifeline and often the sole mode of transport. As the Chetak&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/hals-light-utility-helicopter-specs-altitude-edge-and-why-it-matters-for-indias-siachen-ops\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HAL\u2019s Light Utility Helicopter: Specs, altitude edge and why it matters for India\u2019s Siachen ops<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":103998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}