IAF conducts precision bombing practice runs
December 24th, 2008 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS ( 1 comment )
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) With the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) flying sorties over two important cities in the wake of heightened sub-continental tensions after the Mumbai carnage, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has been carrying out precision bombing practice runs to prepare itself for any eventuality, sources said Wednesday.With the option of carrying out precision bombings of terrorist camps in Pakistan-administered Kashmir doing the rounds, IAF sources told IANS that its fighter jets have been carrying out practice sorties at firing ranges in the Rajasthan sector and elsewhere.
“Precision bombings are being carried out at various air-to-ground ranges like Pokhran, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Gwalior and Halwara,” an IAF source said.
However, IAF spokesman Wing Commander Mahesh Upasani said: “It is a routine exercise. We carry out such practices on a regular basis.”
The sources also added that there would be no deployment of IAF fighter jets at forward air bases.
“With the coming of air-to-air refuellers, India does not need to deploy fighters at the forward bases. The aircraft can cover any distance, perform their mission and return to their respective bases,” the sources said.
Pakistan does not have air-to-air refuellers.
Tension between the two neighbours heightened after the Mumbai terror attacks, with India asking Pakistan to crack down on the terrorist camps functioning from its soil.
On Tuesday, India cautioned against “creating war hysteria” and asked Islamabad to address the real issue of “dismantling the terror machine” in that country.
Taking a long-range view, New Delhi also indicated its preference for diplomatic options by asking the international community to intensify pressure on Islamabad to comply with the UN resolutions against terrorism.
In a carefully calibrated message, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday underscored India’s growing impatience with diversionary tactics adopted by Islamabad as he appealed to the international community to pressurise Pakistan to honour its anti-terror commitments.
“The issue is not war, the issue is terror and territory in Pakistan being used to promote, aid and abet this terror,” Manmohan Singh told reporters outside parliament. “Nobody wants war,” he stressed.
PAF jets flew a series of sorties over Lahore and Rawalpindi on Monday as part of its increased “vigilance”, officials said.
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December 28th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
wow…..what a propaganda against Pakistan..One side U.S and other side Fool India. US wants to keep the troops with Afghan border and Let India Strike in Pakistan.. ok…..so Why on Earth US Forces are in Afghanistan and who ask them to come here, are they protecting their own people. I think US is showing the whole world that we are killing some innocent people in Iraq and Afghanistan. After 9/11 time was good for US to put his foot some where without thinking, and now US wants help from Pakistan to forget about their own mother land and give them a backup to hold Taliban. Why don’t US and his allie Forces do the both jobs to patrol the Afghan border to hold them on their side and do the job for Afghanistan to stand on his foot. Why US needs Pak Army for??, now time has come that a mad dog is barking in front of our house and threatening to bite so Pak army need to stop that dog. if dog will step forward in his madness to bite then shoot to kill is our basic right to defend. Good luck India and US.