Air Chief Marshal urges to modernize Indian Air Force

Identifying that China poses a significant long term challenge to India’s strategic goals, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari said that it should be made clear to the world that today's India has the capability and will to respond at a level that the nation deems appropriate.
He has urged that IAF needs to be rapidly modernized, expand its fleet and improve indigenous manufacturing capabilities at a seminar conducted by the Centre for Air Power Studies saying "China poses a significant and long-term challenge to India's strategic goals. Both People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) have enhanced their military capabilities in equipment and infrastructure. IAF needs to be rapidly modernized, expand its fleet and improve indigenous manufacturing capabilities,"
While asserting that India has demonstrated its capabilities during a standoff on the northern border while simultaneously handling the national COVID-19 response, the Air Chief Marshal said that China's hegemonic and entrapping policies can provide opportunities for India to leverage in trade and military domains.
Chaudhary has also warned that "In the future, India could be attacked from all fronts, starting from economic strangulation to diplomatic isolation and military standoffs to information blackouts, in the form of attack by a distributed denial of services. This requires the need to prepare for the full spectrum for the country."