After Tezpur, Sukhoi war planes at Chabua near India-China border

October 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A repeat of the 1962 India-China war is not possible now as the Indian armed forces have enhanced their capability, Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik said Thursday.

September 23rd, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - The strength of the Indian Air Force (IAF) is "inadequate", Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik said Wednesday.

August 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The hopes for substantive progress in China-India border talks were "dim" as the two nations began their 13th round of boundary negotiations on Friday, experts in international studies have said. Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo (r), special representative of China in Sino-Indian Boundary Talks, and his Indian counterpart, National Security Advisor M.K.

July 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Defence Minister A K Antony today said the government is planning to increase the number of Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft in Indian Air Force to 230 by 2015. Antony informed the Rajya Sabha that since 1996 the Air Force has procured 98 Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets.

July 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Defence Minister A K Antony on Wednesday said that the Indian Air Force (IAF) would have 230 Russian-made Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft by 2015. Replying to supplementaries in the Rajya Sabha, Antony said: "Since 1996, the IAF has procured 98 Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft.

June 24th, 2009 SINGAPORE - The strategic northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, large parts of which China claims, hopes to raise a 5,000-strong force comprising local people to supplement the efforts of the Indian Army during war or war like situations, says its governor. "It will be an indigenous force modelled after the Ladakh Scouts.

June 24th, 2009 SINGAPORE - The strategic northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, large parts of which China claims, hopes to raise a 5,000-strong home and hearth armed force to supplement the efforts of the Indian Army in guarding the state's 1,030-km-long international border, its governor says. "It will be an indigenous force modelled after the Ladakh Scouts.

June 15th, 2009 TEZPUR - Four frontline combat aircraft Sukhoi-30MKI were formally inducted in India's sensitive northeastern region Monday, a strategic decision to move advanced assets close to the Chinese border, defence officials said. A defence spokesperson said four multi-role strike fighter jets at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Tezpur, about 185 km north of Assam's main city of Guwahati, would soon be part of a Sukhoi-30MKI squadron comprising of 18 aircrafts.

June 15th, 2009 TEZPUR/NEW DELHI - Four front-line Sukhoi combat jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) were formally inducted in the sensitive northeastern region Monday as part of a strategic deployment of advanced assets close to the Chinese border, defence officials said. The four multi-role strike Su-30MKI fighters will be based at Tezpur, about 185 km north of Assam's main city of Guwahati, with the strength of the squadron gradually being raised to 18 aircraft.

June 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Four frontline Sukhoi Su-30 MKI combat jets landed Friday at the Tezpur airbase in Assam as part of the defence ministry's efforts to beef up India's military presence along the border with China in the northeast. The aircraft will be formally inducted into service June 15, with the strength of the squadron eventually ramped up to 18 jets.

June 9th, 2009 TEZPUR - A squadron of the frontline combat aircraft Sukhoi 30- MKI would become operational in India's sensitive northeast next week, a strategic decision to move advanced assets close to the Chinese border, defence officials said Tuesday. A defence spokesperson said four multi-role strike fighter jets would land June 15 at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Tezpur, about 185 km north of Assam's main city of Guwahati.

June 9th, 2009 ITANAGAR - India will deploy additional army troops and build infrastructure, including airstrips, along its international border with China, said Arunachal Pradesh Governor General (retd) J.J. Singh. "To develop India's capability to effectively meet the future security challenges, deployment of more troops along the India-China border is necessary," the former army chief told reporters here Monday.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI/ITANAGAR/TEZPUR - India is ramping up its military deployment along the border with China, positioning two army divisions, each comprising around 25,000 to 30,000 personnel, as also a squadron of frontline Sukhoi Su-30 MKI combat jets at a key airbase in the northeast, military officials said. This apart, the induction of the first of three airborne warning and control systems (AWACS) aircraft will be a potent force multiplier in the military's capabilities to monitor the movement of troops and aircraft in Chinese territory.

May 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Air Force will shortly be moving a squadron of Su-30MKI to Tezpur in Assam to boost its capabilities vis-à-vis China in the region. To counter China's superior ground troops in the north eastern sector, the induction of Su-30MKI squadron would greatly tilt the balance in favour of India.

December 28th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The director general of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is inspecting border outposts along the India-China border to apprise himself of difficulties placed by the troops. ITBP chief Vikram Srivastava has been visiting several border outposts since Dec 25.