IAF practices for twin-front contingency against China, Pak in biggest wargame

To make the forces ready for the twin-threat posed by China and Pakistan, the largest-ever combat exercise was undertaken by IAF. The main objective of the was to test its capability for a two-front contingency by deploying "swing forces'' from the western theatre right across to the eastern one.
       IAF did "extremely well'' during the 'Live-Wire' exercise, conducted from March 18 to April 4 with over 8,000 hours of flying sorties, to maintain the "high-tempo surge operations'' to "validate its two-front deployment capability''. Frontline Sukhoi-30MKIs even flew long-range missions from Chabua (Assam) to the western front, with mid-air refuelling, for bombing missions, sources said.