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Adapt to new challenges, says Rajnath Singh to IAF Brass | India News – Times of India
Speaking at the IAF Commanders’ Conference, Singh emphasized the need for the armed forces to focus on executing projects in a time-bound manner to address operational challenges as well as long-term strategic planning in line with national objectives and ambitions. The minister also called for more efficient use of resources by increasing ‘jointness’ and synergy between Army, Navy and IAF, ahead of the upcoming establishment of tri-Service theater assignments for a more cost-effective integrated warfighting machinery.
Air Chief Marshal AP Singh and his commanders briefed the minister on the operational capabilities of the IAF, which continues to be forward deployed with aircraft, helicopters, surface-to-air missile systems and radars along the 3,488 km Line of Actual Control with China.
Singh will also meet with his Chinese counterpart Admiral Dong Jun in Vientiane on November 20 and 22, on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting (ADMM-Plus).
This comes soon after Indian and Chinese troops disengaged from the two remaining face-off sites in Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh and resumed “coordinated” patrols in the two areas.
Of course, there is still a long way to go for India’s demand for de-escalation and de-induction of the more than 50,000 People’s Liberation Army troops deployed in eastern Ladakh, with another 90,000 in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in the eastern sector. to be accepted by China.
The Indian Armed Forces also just conducted a major ‘Poorvi Prahar’ exercise in the eastern theater. A wide range of fighter jets, reconnaissance aircraft, Chinook heavy-lift helicopters, armed Rudra helicopters, M-777 ultra-light howitzers, Special Forces and infantry troops, among others, participated in the exercise.
