Prayagraj | The Indian Air Force must remain ever vigilant in the face of "new and emerging threats", Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said on Sunday even as he asserted that the IAF will continue to protect the nation's territory and deter potential adversaries, in comments that came amid the eastern Ladakh border row.
In the current complex and dynamic strategic environment, refining the IAF's strategy, building robust capabilities and developing a flexible mindset to "prosecute future wars" will prove decisive, the Chief of Air Staff said.
In an address to air warriors on the occasion of Air Force Day, he said joint planning and integrated application of combat power will be the "sine-qua-non" of future wars and added, "we must reform, or become a relic; we must innovate, else become mundane and we must transform, else become irrelevant." "If India is on the path to become a developed nation by 2047, then the IAF must be one of the best, if not the best, by the time we complete 100 years in 2032," he said, highlighting the importance of air power in the changing global security matrix.
