If it intrude airspace, we will shoot it down after warning is invalid.
Indian Air Force is having Armed UAV.
A total of 2406 insurgents have been neutralized (Killed - 181, Apprehended -1934 & Surrendered - 157) by Army/ Assam Rifles in 2014 and 1104 weapons have been recovered in North East.
The decision to go ahead with the development of infrastructure in Eastern Air Command Area of Responsibility
(AOR) was taken in 2008. Consequently,an empowered committee to overseethe progress of works was constituted and detailed project reports for various infrastructure development works including development of ALGs in Arunachal Pradesh were accorded approval. The works at ALGs and a few other Air Force Stations in EAC AOR are under progress. This would enhance the operational capabilities of Indian Air Force and will definitely give a boost to civil aviation and Tourism in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.
Air Vice-Marshal Manmohan Bahadur (retd), Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, noted that the IAF would always have a need for attack helicopters. “While there is no doubt that there would be duplication of maintenance and logistics, there are specific IAF roles like Special Heli-borne Missions and Combat Search And Rescue (CSAR).”
He also noted that the IAF was best suited for CSAR as it had a range of aircraft at its disposal.
114 indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopters (LCH), which is in an advanced stage of induction, and has also ordered Rudra helicopters, the weaponised variant of the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH). The Air Force too ordered the Rudra and 65 LCH.