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NEW DELHI: India came close to striking Pakistan following the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack. This was stated by the IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal
Fali H Major, on Wednesday.
"There were certain options, which were certainly discussed. Depending on the objective and the task given, IAF had enough intelligence to do what it wanted to do then," ACM Major told reporters here during a joint press conference with his successor and IAF chief-designate Air Marshal P V Naik.
ACM Major, however, said at present the situation along the international border and the LoC was normal. In the eastern sector along the India-China border, ACM Major said the IAF is building landing infrastructure and will shortly move a Sukhoi-30 squadron to counter Chinese defence superiority in the region.
The newly-raised squadron of Su-30 will arrive at IAF's Tezpur base in the next few weeks, he said. Commenting on the recent Sukhoi crash, the air chief said an inquiry is still on and the crash data recorder is yet to be analysed. The death of the pilot in the crash has raised questions on the ejection system and the inquiry has to look into this aspect along with the flight control system to analyse the cause of the crash.
ACM Major's successor, Air Marshal Naik, said IAF is building up capacity and after 2017 it will be capable of handling threats coming from anywhere. To boost its combat capabilities, IAF will go in for large scale procurements.
India has already released two global tenders for the procurement of 22 attack and 15 heavy-lift helicopters for IAF.
"The Request for Proposals (RFP) for 15 heavy-lift helicopters is being issued today and the RFP for 22 combat helicopters was released yesterday," ACM Major said.
The choppers participating in the combat attack contract include Bell’s AH-1 Super Cobra, Boeing’s AH-64 Apache, Eurocopter’s Tiger, Russian Mil for Mi-35 and Agusta Westland’s Mangusta.
The RFP for attack helicopters comes within two months of the previous tender being cancelled. The earlier tender was cancelled in March after the American vendors opted out of the race, citing the 50% offsets clause in the contract.
The heavy-lift helicopters will be used for transporting men and material in the high altitude regions, which can be accessed only by helicopters.
India came close to striking Pak after 26/11: Air chief - India - The Times of India
Fali H Major, on Wednesday.
"There were certain options, which were certainly discussed. Depending on the objective and the task given, IAF had enough intelligence to do what it wanted to do then," ACM Major told reporters here during a joint press conference with his successor and IAF chief-designate Air Marshal P V Naik.
ACM Major, however, said at present the situation along the international border and the LoC was normal. In the eastern sector along the India-China border, ACM Major said the IAF is building landing infrastructure and will shortly move a Sukhoi-30 squadron to counter Chinese defence superiority in the region.
The newly-raised squadron of Su-30 will arrive at IAF's Tezpur base in the next few weeks, he said. Commenting on the recent Sukhoi crash, the air chief said an inquiry is still on and the crash data recorder is yet to be analysed. The death of the pilot in the crash has raised questions on the ejection system and the inquiry has to look into this aspect along with the flight control system to analyse the cause of the crash.
ACM Major's successor, Air Marshal Naik, said IAF is building up capacity and after 2017 it will be capable of handling threats coming from anywhere. To boost its combat capabilities, IAF will go in for large scale procurements.
India has already released two global tenders for the procurement of 22 attack and 15 heavy-lift helicopters for IAF.
"The Request for Proposals (RFP) for 15 heavy-lift helicopters is being issued today and the RFP for 22 combat helicopters was released yesterday," ACM Major said.
The choppers participating in the combat attack contract include Bell’s AH-1 Super Cobra, Boeing’s AH-64 Apache, Eurocopter’s Tiger, Russian Mil for Mi-35 and Agusta Westland’s Mangusta.
The RFP for attack helicopters comes within two months of the previous tender being cancelled. The earlier tender was cancelled in March after the American vendors opted out of the race, citing the 50% offsets clause in the contract.
The heavy-lift helicopters will be used for transporting men and material in the high altitude regions, which can be accessed only by helicopters.
India came close to striking Pak after 26/11: Air chief - India - The Times of India
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