September 15, 2020
We realise that this is not enough
Pakistan Air Force F16s, which had come to target Indian military installations
on 27 February 2019 were armed with the Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile AMRAAM
which has higher range than that of the R-77 on IAF’s Su 30 MKI. He said India’s
out-of-the-box response reflected in the Balakot airstrikes forced the rewriting
of many doctrines across the LoC and the adversary has to think 100 times for
any future misadventures.Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria said IAF is enhancing its
weapon capability, sensor and network capabilities and enhance ability for
secure communication. "But weapon edge is very important," he said."It (weapon
edge) did not materialised at the time of Balakot and it will soon materialise
with the induction of Rafale," said Air Force chief. Terrorists like Hafiz Saeed
who were treated like VIPs and heroes, have been put behind bars. "We allowed
that to slip and thereafter it took a decade and half in our struggle to acquire
similar or better capabilities," he said.
We realise that this is not enough and
unless Pakistan is made accountable, it will continue with its previous policy
of duplicity and deceit. Bhadauria said on Friday that the crucial lesson from
Balakot air strike and air skirmishes after that is, India should not allow
weapon edge over Pakistan to "slip back" once it is achieved with the induction
of Rafale fighter jets and other weapon upgradation including indigenous
missiles.K.Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria said that the takeaways from the Balakot
air strike is it is important to have weapon and technology edge in air
engagement, especially in a deeply-contested area. All attempts are being made
to work in this direction," added Mr Singh. He said that the responses displayed
India’s defence capability and affirmed its right to defend itself against
terrorism.Presently, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) does not have missiles to counter
Meteor missiles.S.Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria said that Balakot air strike
showed there exists a space below the conventional conflict boundaries, where
IAF can be utilised for targeting, yet have controlled escalation..New Delhi:
Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief R.However, 36 Rafale fighter jets which India has
purchased (first four will land on May 2020) come with Meteor air-to-air
missiles that have a range of 150 kilometres. He said that Indian Air Force had
an edge over Pakistan Air Force in terms of Beyond Visual Range Missile
capability at the time of Kargil. He said that once we get back this edge, it is
important China
dx cooling unit Suppliers that in our lifetime we do not allow it to slip
back."Our approach to terrorism was and will remain a judicious combination of
clinical military action and mature and responsible diplomatic outreach," said
defence minister.Meanwhile, defence minister Rajnath Singh said surgical strike
of 2016 and Balakot airstrikes of 2019 were not just military strikes but a
strong message to the adversary that terror infrastructure across the border
cannot be used as safe haven to wage low-cost war against India. "We have
recently seen the impact of collective diplomatic and financial pressure on
Pakistan
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