Former IAF Chief Said, Govt rejected IAF proposal to carry out strike on Pakistan after 26/11
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Former IAF chief BS Dhanoa made the statement that the government had rejected a proposal of the air force to strike Pakistani terrorist camps after 26/11 while he was big gathering of students, among others, at VJTI’s annual festival, Technovanza on Friday. Dhanoa was the air chief between December 31, 2016, and September 30, 2019.
He said, we knew where the terror camps were located in Pakistan but ”it is a political decision whether to carry out a strike or not,’’. He said after the attack on Parliament in December 2001, the IAF had proposed punitive action against Pakistan through air strikes. “This was not accepted. Pakistan owes its exalted position in society to its propogation of threat from India,” Dhanoa said.
He also added, “if peace were to come, Pakistan would lose several of its privileges’’, former IAF chief Dhanoa emphasised that Islamabad would keep the Kashmir “pot” boiling without allowing it to boil over. According to him, Pakistan indulges in propaganda battles and will continue to attack. “The IAF has the ability to fight short, swift wars tomorrow, and any future war will be on land, air, sea and space,’’ he said.
In a question-answer session Dhanoa said while India had nuclear capability on land, and in the sea and air, China had developed a modern air force which relies on quality not quantity. “There has been a significant increase in the deployment of aircraft and air crew in the Tibet Autonomous Region from other military regions as well. It is busy on the eastern front and the South China Sea.
