Northern Command
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Headquarters | Udhampur |
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Current commander | Ranbir Singh |
Type of business | Command |
Branch | Indian Army |
Active | 1908–1947; 1972 – present |
Notable commanders | Sundararajan Padmanabhan |
Deepak Kapoor | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 803062 |
About Northern Command
The Northern Command is a Command of the Indian Army. It was originally formed as a formation of the British Indian Army in 1895, scrapped upon India's independence in 1947 and later reformed in 1972. Its present commander is Lt General Ranbir Singh.
US suspects three unidentified objects it shot down were 'benign'
... Search crews found " significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics pieces identified" off the coast of South Carolina, said US Northern Command...
Chinese balloon sensors recovered from ocean, says US
... Search crews found " significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics pieces identified" said US Northern Command...
Suspected Chinese spy balloon was 200ft tall - US defence official
... A number of specialist ships have been deployed to the area, including an oceanographic survey ship that uses sonar and other means to map out a debris field, Gen VanHerck, who commands both the US military s Northern Command and joint US-Canadian North American Aerospace Command, or Norad, said...
US suspects three unidentified objects it shot down were 'benign'
By Max MatzaBBC News
The White House has said there is no indication three flying objects blasted out of The sky over The weekend by The US military are linked to alleged Chinese spying.
The objects may be " tied to commercial or research entities and therefore benign" spokesman John Kirby said.
US and Canadian officials have Not Yet located or recovered any wreckage from The three downed aircrafts.
Beijing earlier accused The US of " a trigger-happy overreaction".
China has denied one of its balloons, which was destroyed by a US fighter jet earlier this month off South Carolina , was being used for espionage, saying it was merely a weather-monitoring airship that had blown Off Course .
At Tuesday's daily news conference, Mr Kirby said it will be difficult to determine The purpose or origin of The three other objects until The debris is found and analysed.
" We haven't seen any indication or anything that points specifically to The idea that These Three objects were part of The PRC's [People's Republic of China] spying programme, " The White House National Security Council told reporters, " or that they were definitively involved in external intelligence collection efforts".
A " leading explanation" being considered by US intelligence, he added, was that " these could be balloons that were simply tied to commercial or research entities and therefore benign".
But he noted that no company, organisation or government had yet laid claim to The objects.
In The Most recent Strike - over Lake Huron - The First Sidewinder missile fired by a US F-16 warplane missed its target, The Top US general has confirmed.
" First Shot missed. Second shot hit, " said Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley during a visit to Brussels on Tuesday.
" We go to great lengths to make sure that The airspace is clear and The backdrop is clear up to The max effective range of The missile. And in this case, The missiles land, or The missile landed, harmlessly in The water of Lake Huron . "
A spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs , meanwhile, criticised The American response.
" Many in The US have been asking, 'what good can such costly action possibly bring to The US and its taxpayers?'" said Wang Wenbin on Tuesday.
Sensors from The alleged Chinese spy balloon shot down over The US on 4 February were recovered from The Atlantic Ocean on Monday, and are being analysed by The Fbi .
Search crews found " significant debris from The Site , including all of The priority sensor and electronics pieces identified" off The coast of South Carolina , said US Northern Command .
The entire US Senate received a classified briefing on Tuesday about The Matter from military leaders.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said The Chamber would launch an inquiry into why The aircraft were not detected earlier.
" It's a Good Question , " Mr Schumer told reporters. " We need to answer it. "
Meanwhile, Romania scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday to investigate an aerial object entering European airspace.
But The country's defence ministry said The pilots were unable to locate it and abandoned The Mission after half an hour.
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