Armed Forces must be ready to combat hybrid threats: IAF chief

Armed Forces must be ready to combat hybrid threats: IAF chief

PUNE Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria said today’s battlespace is complex and multi-dimensional involving security situation that is unpredictable. To deal with such situation, armed forces have to be ready to combat hybrid threats emanating from multiple fronts. The Air Force chief was speaking after reviewing the passing out parade for 217 cadets of 139th course at National Defence Academy (NDA) in Pune on Saturday. The conduct of parade at Khetarpal Parade Ground, NDA, was suitably modified so as to ensure Covid-19 related precautions and thus the parents could not be invited for the ceremony. A total of 540 cadets participated in the parade of which 302 cadets were from the 139th course. This included 222 Army cadets, 45 Naval cadets and 35 Air Force cadets including 17 cadets from Friendly Foreign Countries (Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Maldives, Bhutan, Tanzania, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Myanmar). The cadets will proceed for eight weeks …