The IAF’s Reaction to Chinese aircraft near LAC
Vinayak Barot
New Delhi: With a low capacity for understanding, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA – Chinese Army) consistently tries to disturb the peace and stability in the border region with India, but the Indian Air force and army always be ready to combat with enemies at any time.
Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Sunday said, “whenever the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) fighter jets come too close to the border, the Indian Air Force immediately responds by scrambling its combat aircraft to tackle the situation.”
“Chinese aircraft activity is closely monitored by us. Whenever we see Chinese aircraft or remotely piloted aircraft coming too close to the LAC, we take appropriate measures by scrambling or putting our aircraft on higher alert. This has deterred them quite a lot,” Chaudhari told the media.
The IAF chief said that ever since the Galwan incident in June 2020, “we had started deploying our radars all along the LAC in eastern Ladakh sector. Gradually we have integrated all these radars with our Integrated Air Command and Control System so that we are able to monitor the air activity across the LAC.”
The unbearable insult of the PLA by the Indian forces at the border did not allow the communist government to sleep in peace as the Beijing government realized the actual power and retaliate capacity of the Indian armed forces at the border.
The first major incident of air violation took place in June last week when a J-11 fighter aircraft of the Chinese Air Force came very close to a friction point between the two militaries.
In the last week also, the Chinese side has done multiple provocative activities along the LAC in the Eastern Ladakh sector where they are flying very close to the LAC violating the Confidence Building Measures as per which the two sides cannot fly within 10 km of the LAC.
Indian Air Force has scrambled its MiG-29 and other aircraft deployed in the region to counter the threat posed by the Chinese aircraft to handle the possibility of any misadventure by the Chinese side.
However, the Bejing government has no good relations with any country as they have black intentions behind the talk, trade, and relations with all countries. China has border, land, political and other disputes with Japan, India, the Philippines, Vietnam, the US, Australia, and many other countries. It may be interesting to know that major countries have fallen into financial trouble after tieing up strong relations with China. As per the facts, Pakistan fell into a financial crisis after taking a heavy loan from China, followed by Sri Lanka also.
