RAJNATH URGES IAF TO DRAW UP LONG-TERM PLANS

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday asked top Indian Air Force commanders to draw up long term plans and strategies for capability enhancement to counter future threats.

Defence minister on Thursday addressed the biannual IAF Commanders’ Conference (AFCC-21) at Air Headquarters.

Singh appreciated the critical focus of IAF towards reorienting for the future. He congratulated IAF for ensuring a timely and befitting response to the sudden developments against China in Eastern Ladakh.

Referring to changing international geopolitics, Singh observed that the perceptible shift of focus from TransAtlantic to Trans-Pacific has become more obvious in the recent past. “Changing dimensions of war would now include advanced technologies, asymmetric capabilities and infodominance, and it was very important that the IAF’s preparations for the future must include these aspects,” said Singh.

Reiterating the Prime Minister’s vision of ‘Self Reliance’, the defence minister stressed on the need to promote Atmanirbharta in Defence Infrastructure.