China Poses A Significant And Long-Term Challenge To India’s Strategic Goals: IAF Chief
Air Chief Marshal Chaudhari urged that the IAF needs to be rapidly modernized, expand its fleet and improve indigenous manufacturing capabilities
Mumbai: Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari said that China poses a significant long-term challenge to India’s strategic goals.
Speaking at a seminar conducted by the Centre for Air Power Studies he further went on to say that it should be made clear to the world that today’s India has the capability and will to respond at a level that the nation deems appropriate.
“China poses a significant and long-term challenge to India’s strategic goals. Both People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) have enhanced their military capabilities in equipment and infrastructure. IAF needs to be rapidly modernized, expand its fleet and improve indigenous manufacturing capabilities,” the Air chief said.
He urged that the IAF needs to be rapidly modernized, expand its fleet and improve indigenous manufacturing capabilities.
China’s hegemonic and entrapping actions, according to the Air Chief Marshal, can give opportunities for India to utilise in the commercial and military domains.
He further said that during a conflict on the northern border, India displayed its capability while also managing the national COVID-19 response.
The Air Chief cautioned IAF and said that they need to prepare for full-spectrum in future.
He said, “In the future, we could be attacked from all fronts, starting from economic strangulation to diplomatic isolation and military stand-offs to information blackouts, in the form of attack by a distributed denial of services. We will need to prepare for the full spectrum.”
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