Last of legacy fleet to be decommissioned by year-end. Long-range surveillance & anti-submarine warfare aircraft proved its mettle in 1978, when it traced wreckage of Air India jumbo.
General MM Naravane’s memoir—Four Stars of Destiny—reveals that he was left hanging by political leadership for more than two hours as Chinese tanks drove towards Indian positions.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
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