Ladakh Standoff Has Boosted Jointness Amongst Services, Says Air Force Chief
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2024
- Apart from planning for quicker combat fleet enhancement in view of fast depleting numbers, the Indian Air Force is focussing on strengthening combat enablers to retain its lethality and increase its reach in coming years.
In an exclusive interview to Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhuri dwelt on lessons learnt from the Russia-Ukraine war, the changing nature of war and why the Air Force will always be the first offensive choice in any conflict.
Discussing the recently held firepower demonstration Exercise Vayushakti 2024, the CAS said that exercises at such massive scales are undertaken only once in a few years. The exercise being wide in scope allows the coordinated employment of all IAF resources, to include fighter, transport and rotary wing assets, all kinds of ammunition, ISR resources, radars etc. Normally, the IAF practices weapon delivery within a unit or small formations. This was an occasion where IAF synchronizes the weapon deliveries of precision munitions, conventional weapons, surface-to-air and air-to-air weapons.
The CAS also informed that additional AWACS will be built on Airbus 321 to enhance their numbers with the IAF. He also dwelt upon the necessity of air-to-air refuelling capabilities. As far as ISR capabilities are concerned, the MQ-9B has been a big help.
Talking about the operational readiness aspects, the CAS informed that the induction of C295 does mitigate the transport fleet situation. The induction of LCAs will have a similar effect on the fighter aircraft holdings.
Talking about lessons drawn from standoff with China in Eastern Ladakh, the CAS highlighted leadership, ability to adapt, and training among other factors that the IAF has inculcated.
The Ladakh experience has also boosted jointness. According to the CAS, common platforms, common systems will have common maintenance. Complete interoperability between the Army and the IAF.
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00:00 - Introduction of Part 1
00:39 - Vayu Shakti 2024
4:17 - Lessons from Russia-Ukraine war
5:49 - Importance of ISR
6:41 - Ait-to-Air refuelling capability
7:30 - Need for force enablers
9:15 - Aatmanirbharta in defence
11:12 - IAF: Combat Fleet
13:09 - Helicopter/Transport Aircraft strength
13:50 - Experience with Chinook/Apache
14:18 - Conclusion of Part 1
14:52 - Introduction of Part 2
15:17 - Lessons from Ladakh standoff
16:41 - Operating along LAC
19:42 - Coordinating with Army, ITBP
20:33 - Roadmap for Theaterisation
24:50 - Revamping training process
26:34 - IAF: First offensive choice in any conflict
27:56 - Conclusion
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Excellent interview..very hard questions asked to grill the Air Chief.Went totally as per pre-prepared script.
Emperor of the Sky-IAF.
Insightful interview that is crisp and focused
Jai Hind
HOw come you are not getting subcribers, you are only one who do reqd shows.
He will grow because content is great . As people are getting interested in defence.
Nice one nitin
Great interview Nitin Sir! JAI HIND! 🇮🇳
Nitin sir u r too good at capturing deep insight of our tri services n Sir Choudhary is always awesome, wat a hero he is luv u VR Choudhary sir.
Important lesson is to have local defence manufacturing at scale which only China and Russia have.
Good
I have never seen Nitin Gokhale asking tough questions to armed forces officials. I guess this is to continue remaining in their good books so that he continues to get invited by them for interviews and visits to forward locations.
Some crucial questions which should have been asked in this interview-
1. Pakistan going for 5th generation fighter (FC-31) and China already having deployed them (J-20) at Ladakh border - How is India India going to counter them specially in case of two front war?
2. How will delay in AMCA affect India? Is IAF thinking of buying off the shelf 5th generation fighters?
3. In case of conflict with Pakistan/China happening now, how will the deficiency in force multipliers like AWACS and Refueling tankers affect performance of IAF?
Absolutely right.
Jaisalmer, the station near the Pak border, could not see a single anti aircraft gun deployed thru out the video. The Vayushakti airshow is over with mixed performance.
Can we not increase the frequency for the airpower testing from every three year to every year considering the rapidly changing technology as well as the the challenges?
What preparations IAF is doing to get AI ready?
Additionally IAF parks its fighters in open. They have forgotten the Yom Kippur war. Truth is they actually don't give a F.
All Journalists aside, Nitin Gokhale Sir is truly apart.
Want to see talks about the space
Jai hind
Simply ask that wheather our iaf is capable to fight and win against two front war from china and pak
If the answer is no then why they are delaying AMCA & MRFA
They are not delaying, they want it, its in govt hands.
Indian Forces are professional and capable. Bas.. ek hi kami Hai.. Ek capable Senapati ki.
Isn't he now the air & space force chief?
Another Air Chief giving LIP SERVICE on national security. IAF's expertise is in delaying fighter acquisitions by organizing an RFP circus.
Edit: By making a combined requirement of replacing AN32 & IL76, IAF will achieve MRCA kind of situation.
Are kenha kya chahte ho. Airforce knows better which aircraft they want
Airbus 321, you mean
To be frank air Force shouldn't operate, helos, it should be the army.
India is preparing for getting defeated more humiliation than we had in 1962 😂
Tejas failed to lock target 😂
Iaf seems to be under armed and overrated.....
Paf infiltrated inside and Abhimanyu was captured without and of their fighters downed.
We need to get back to work....
China is not pakistan, China has vast resources and has a separate 7 storey building to study India, where they just study Indian military and languages, while Indian military are just reactionary when they see our enemies get some new gadget they jump around to get similar system instead of planning our own systems, is it true that we cant understand what the Chinese are speaking while the Chinese know atleast 4 indian languages including Tamil.
There is something called covert operations which is India doing against china from behind, plus Indian troops are also taught about Mandarin language. So don't worry, leave it's to professional.
@@dibakarworld everyone knows that Chinese speak in Mandarin and Indian speak in English they laugh at Indians for speaking in English as Indians can't understand mandarin while they understand English, covert operations dosent work in a giant country, when you can't even speak Chinese you can't do anything while Chinese have their political parties in India 🤣, do you know Chinese showed ancient Chinese maps claiming their rights over land while Indians were dumbfounded as they only have British maps.
Know it's fake they don't know any our languages ,
They know little bit English
@@-_dgsh yes, they speak in their language but Indians can't understand what they speak 🤣, and also they always come prepared with all the documents while Indians are said to go casually with their new maps made by Britishers, do you know Chinese have exclusive department to study the behaviour of Indians? 🤣
Why not purchase 200 rafales. Only 36 rafales is dumb
As a civilian I don't understand many terms
Can you be more elaborate please?
i am wondering why you don't have million subscribers😢