Tag: extreme weather

Back in 2020, when India had a face-off with China in Galwan, it forced the country to buy some extreme cold weather clothing system (ECWCS) from the US for its troops. But now,  defence enterprise Troop Comfort Ltd (TCL) has stitched up its own version of multi-layered suits that can insulate soldiers from sub-zero temperatures. The hardy clothing can be deployed at the world’s highest hostile battlefield of Siachen glaciers. Tried and tested TCL offered 21 samples of the seven layered ECWCS suits to Army’s Northern Command for trials last October....