If China gets aggressive, so will India: IAF chief

January 23, 2021 20:14

Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria on Saturday said that India was ready to match Chinas aggression in the eastern Ladakh theatre, where the two countries have been locked in a border row since May 2020.

If they (China) can get aggressive, we will also get aggressive. We have full preparations (to meet any eventuality,) the IAF chief said during a media interaction at Jodhpur, where India and France are carrying out joint air force drills.

Bhadaurias comments came on the eve of the ninth round of military talks with China to defuse border tensions in Ladakh. The corps commander-level talks between the Indian Army and the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army will be held at Moldo on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control on Sunday, said officials familiar with the development.

Last month, the IAF chief said the likely reasons for Chinese actions could include a planned escalation and an attempt to establish border claim lines and start border talks on the new positions, military signalling, domination efforts with escalation control and deployment and training of their Western Theatre forces in real war-like scenarios wherein the Galwan Valley incident was an overreach.

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