NEW DELHI: The IAF chief Sunday briefed PM Modi on the operational readiness of his force, which has been undertaking long-range fighter sorties along the western frontier and keeping its air defence network on high alert.
With India keeping all military options open for limited punitive strikes against Pakistan, Modi reviewed the situation with Air Chief Marshal A P Singh .
The meeting came a day after Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi had similarly briefed the PM. tnn
IAF on alert, Rafales ready for swift strike as tensions soar
PM Modi had told the country's military brass on April 29 that they had "complete operational freedom" to decide on the "mode, targets and timing" of the country's response to terrorism. The Army on Sunday said Pakistan army posts had again resorted to "unprovoked" firings by rifles, light and medium machine guns across the LoC in areas like Kupwara, Baramulla, Poonch, Rajouri, Mendhar, Naushera, Sunderbani and Akhnoor in J&K.
Indian troops have been responding in "full measure" to the ceasefire violations, an officer said. The IAF, on its part, has been undertaking regular combat air patrols (CAPs) amid the heightened tensions with Pakistan, while it has also increased the number of operational readiness platforms (ORPs) at airbases on the western front.
An ORP usually includes two to three fully-armed fighters being kept ready round-the-clock in blast pens adjoining the runway at an airbase for immediate take-off whenever an alarm is sounded.
The IAF, incidentally, did not have the 4.5-generation Rafales when it had conducted the aerial strike against the JeM terror facility at Balakot in Pakistan in Feb 2019.
The omni-role Rafales are armed with long-range weapons like the over 300-km range 'Scalp' air-to-ground cruise missiles and the top-notch Meteor air-to-air missiles, which have a strike range of 120 to 150 km to take on enemy jets.
With India keeping all military options open for limited punitive strikes against Pakistan, Modi reviewed the situation with Air Chief Marshal A P Singh .
The meeting came a day after Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi had similarly briefed the PM. tnn
IAF on alert, Rafales ready for swift strike as tensions soar
PM Modi had told the country's military brass on April 29 that they had "complete operational freedom" to decide on the "mode, targets and timing" of the country's response to terrorism. The Army on Sunday said Pakistan army posts had again resorted to "unprovoked" firings by rifles, light and medium machine guns across the LoC in areas like Kupwara, Baramulla, Poonch, Rajouri, Mendhar, Naushera, Sunderbani and Akhnoor in J&K.
Indian troops have been responding in "full measure" to the ceasefire violations, an officer said. The IAF, on its part, has been undertaking regular combat air patrols (CAPs) amid the heightened tensions with Pakistan, while it has also increased the number of operational readiness platforms (ORPs) at airbases on the western front.
An ORP usually includes two to three fully-armed fighters being kept ready round-the-clock in blast pens adjoining the runway at an airbase for immediate take-off whenever an alarm is sounded.
The IAF, incidentally, did not have the 4.5-generation Rafales when it had conducted the aerial strike against the JeM terror facility at Balakot in Pakistan in Feb 2019.
The omni-role Rafales are armed with long-range weapons like the over 300-km range 'Scalp' air-to-ground cruise missiles and the top-notch Meteor air-to-air missiles, which have a strike range of 120 to 150 km to take on enemy jets.
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