A MARITIME PERSPECTIVE ON A TWO FRONT WAR

“Army, Navy and Air Force are the military instruments of State Power. The history of warfare bears testimony that ultimate victory in war will be achieved through jointness among the three services”

-Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Former President of India, Bharat Ratna

While the Indian Army was engaged in giving a befitting response to flexing of muscles by the PLA (Army) across the LAC, the aircraft and helicopters of the Indian Air Force were operationally deployed from the forward bases and maintained in a high state of alert. The assets of the Indian Navy, in terms of Long- Range Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft the P-8I and the MIG-29K fighter aircraft were also deployed in a synergized combat dimension with units of the Air Force and the Army for specific missions along the Northern border. In the Indian Ocean Region, which is our primary area of interest in the maritime domain, Indian Navy assets were deployed for exercises and specific missions. The Armed Forces of India, were therefore ready to counter any challenges or misadventures by China.