Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh addressed the CII Business Summit on Thursday, May 29, and said Operation Sindoor has given us a clear idea of where we are heading and what we need in the future.
So a lot of work needs to be done in realigning our own thought processes also, which is already going on, he said, adding that whatever he has committed to do, he will do.
The Air Chief Marshal added that the Operation Sindoor, as it was told by the Chief of Naval Staff, the character of war is changing. “Every day, we are finding new technologies coming in. Operation Sindoor has given us a clear idea of where we are headed and what we need in future. So a lot of work needs to be done in realigning our own thought processes also, which is already going on…In future also, we will be able to deliver the goods as a nation and we will be able to achieve our objectives. AMCA- advanced medium combat aircraft has been cleared for even participation by private industry, which is a very big step, and that is the kind of confidence that the nation has in private industry today and I’m sure this is going to pave the way to bigger things coming in the future,” he said.
He said that whether it’s a land power or Naval power, the air force will always remain and the air power will have to be interesting to both. “Any kind of operations that we do, we can’t do it without air power, and I think that has been proved very well during this operation (Sindoor) also. We cannot just talk about producing in India. We need to start designing and developing in India also and when it comes to producing in numbers, the capacity comes in. So we need to have this trust between the forces and the industry to continue,” he said.
Addressing the CII Business Summit, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are part of the Indian family and the day is not far when they will return to India’s mainstream voluntarily.
