IAF’s work cut out with China bent on arming Pakistan
The Tribune Editorial: Beijing has offered 40 fifth-generation J-35 fighters to Islamabad.
Updated At : 07:01 AM Jun 20, 2025 IST
INDIA admirably showcased its air power during Operation Sindoor. It was the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) superiority in the skies — both in terms of offensive and defensive capabilities — that overwhelmed Pakistan. However, amid the jubilation, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh laid bare a sobering reality: delays in the procurement of critical military platforms. He went to the extent of saying that “no single project that he can think of” had been completed on time. Such sluggishness and inefficiency won’t serve India’s grand goal of indigenously developing and producing the fifth-generation fighter jet — the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).
