Nirmala Sitharaman has been seen in action since taking over as the Defense Minister. She took the historic flight of Sukhoi-30 MKI in Jodhpur, Rajasthan Let us tell you that he is the first female defense minister who has flew in a fighter plane. During this he also took stock of the security preparedness.
The Defense Minister had the responsibility of Sukhoi’s flight to 31 Squared Lion. Recently, Sitharaman also did the MIG-29K ride on INS Vikramaditya.
Significantly, Sukhoi-30 MKI is an important part of Air Force. India has 270 planes (13 squared) in total up to 2020. These fighter planes will now replace MiG-21 and MiG-27. Since being on the post of Defense Minister, Sitharaman continues to encourage the soldiers. Earlier this year, he had reached the Indo-Pak border, where he reviewed the country’s military preparedness. They also reached Arunachal border and greeted the Chinese soldiers.
She had seen military preparations being made to meet the future needs of the Indian Army in the Pokhran field firing range in Jaisalmer.
During this, the Defense Minister also witnessed the tremendous firing capacity of the modern powerful Third Generation Upgraded Tank Arjun Mark-2, developed by DRDO in Pokhran.
At the same time, the DRDO and Army officials of the 155 mm made of DRDO in the Khetailai range also got information from the DRDO and the military officials about the guns.
