HAL Prachanda
The HAL Prachand ( IPA: prəcəɳɖ , lit. "Giant or "intense") is an Indian multi-role, light attack helicopter designed and manufactured by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) under project LCH. [2] It has been ordered by the Indian Air Force and the Indian Army . Its flight ceiling is the highest among all attack helicopters in the world. [3] The true impetus for the development of the LCH Prachand came in the form of the Kargil War , a conflict fought between India and neighbouring Pakistan in 1999, which revealed the Indian armed forces lacked a suitable armed rotorcraft capable of operating unrestricted in the high-altitude theatre. [4] Accordingly, both HAL and the Indian armed forces commenced exploratory efforts towards the conceptualisation of a combat helicopter to perform in this role. During 2006, the company announced that it had la...