New Delhi : Amid tensions with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh, the Indian Air Force (IAF) On Thursday, a major exercise began in the Northeast region. Rafale fighter jets have also been included in this exercise. People with knowledge of the exercise said that almost all frontline fighter aircraft and other assets deployed in the area are involved in the large-scale two-day exercise.

Rafale’s last aircraft inducted into the Air Force

The IAF said in a tweet that 33 The last of the Rafale fighter jets has also joined the force. The Air Force had inducted the Rafale aircraft in its 101 squadron of the Eastern Air Command in Hasimara in July last year. About The first Rafale Squadron with fighter aircraft is located at Ambala Air Base. IAF said that the last of the 64 Rafale aircraft of the Air Force after refueling from the UAE Air Force tanker on the way. Landed in India.

Others The total number of aircraft in the Rafale squadron increased

sources Said that the French-made fighter aircraft joined the second Rafale squadron at Hasimara, increasing the total number of aircraft in it happened. He said that the second squadron of Rafale jets will be given to the Eastern Air Force along with other key assets like Sukhoi Had to be a part of this air exercise under command. An Indian Air Force official said that the exercise was planned long back and has no connection with the recent developments in the Tawang area.

India-China soldiers clash in Arunachal’s Tawang

Indian Army said in a statement on Monday that along with PLA troops, the LAC in Tawang sector on December 9 There was a clash. Our soldiers faced the Chinese soldiers with determination. In this skirmish, some soldiers from both the sides suffered minor injuries. The face-off took place in eastern Ladakh amid the border standoff between the two sides 18 for more than a month .

China in Arunachal Pradesh Increased activities A source said that in the All frontline air bases and some major advanced landing grounds are ready to take part in the exercise. The Army and the Air Force have been maintaining operational preparedness along the LAC in the Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim sector for more than two years following the standoff in eastern Ladakh. The IAF had last week dispatched fighter jets after China increased air activity on its side of the LAC in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang sector.

After the use of drones by China, India did war exercises Sources said the deployment of some aerial platforms including drones by China in the region was a prelude to unilaterally changing the status quo in the Yangtze region of Tawang sector. It happened before China’s attempt on 9 December. He said several Chinese drones flew close to the LAC, prompting the IAF to dispatch jets and enhance overall combat readiness.

China is trying to change the status quo in Tawang Defense Minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament on Tuesday that Chinese troops unilaterally attempted to change the status quo in the Yangtse region in the Tawang sector on December 9. To which the soldiers of India responded strongly and forced them to return. The Defense Minister told that no soldier has died in this skirmish and no one has been seriously injured. He said that this issue has also been taken up with the Chinese side at the diplomatic level and such action has been disapproved.