IAF Well-positioned To Take On Any Threat From China: Air Chief

New Delhi: India is militarily very well-positioned, strongly deployed and ready to take on any threat from China in eastern Ladakh and elsewhere along the frontier, said Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria on Monday.

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“There is no question of China getting the better of us,” said the IAF chief, adding that there were “no indications” as yet of a collusive China-Pakistan threat in the ongoing military confrontation in eastern Ladakh since early May.

If Chinese fighter jets are positioned at the Skardu airbase in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, which is not the case as of now, then India will deal with it accordingly. “If China needs Pakistan's help to confront us, I have nothing much to say,” he said, taking a swipe at India’s larger neighbor.

The current progress with China is “slow” in diplomatic and military talks for de-escalation in eastern Ladakh. “What we see is an effort to dig in for

New Delhi: India is militarily very well-positioned, strongly deployed and ready to take on any threat from China in eastern Ladakh and elsewhere along the frontier, said Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria on Monday.