IAF to be model air force by 2025: Kalam

Chandigarh, Mar 7 (UNI) President A P J Abdul Kalam today said the Indian Air Force would be a model air force by the year 2025, and would be emulated by the rest of the world.

''The Indian Air Force by the year 2025 will be a model Air Force for the rest of the world to emulate, endowed with the very best of technology in the world, alert and agile strategic planning capability and above all the most professional and dedicated air warriors,'' Dr Kalam said in his address at the Presidential Review of the IAF here.

The Government was committed to continuously modernising the equipment and adding force multipliers to enhance the operational performance and improving flight safety, he added.

Dr Kalam said he visualised the IAF in 2025 to be based on indigenous scientific and technological competence in the development of communication satellites, high precision resource mapping satellites, missile systems, unmanned super-sonic aerial vehicles and electronics and communication systems.

This capability, he said, would enable the Air Force to succeed in the electronically controlled warfare in the midst of space encounters, deep-sea encounters, and ballistic missiles encounters.

''The winner of future warfare will be the warriors, who can visualize the strength of the enemy, based on the current scientific and technological capabilities and develop suitable strategies for meeting any eventuality,'' the President said.

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