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New Delhi: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday lauded the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for developing the indigenously developed Military Combat Parachute System, calling it a "remarkable milestone towards self-reliance."
In a tweet on X, the Defence Minister said, “Proud moment for the nation! The indigenously developed Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS) by@DRDO.
India has achieved a combat-free-fall jump from 32,000 ft. A remarkable milestone towards self-reliance in critical defence technologies.” Earlier, the Military Combat Parachute System (MCPS), indigenously developed by DRDO, had successfully undergone a combat free-fall jump from an altitude of 32,000 feet.
The jump was exec