NEW DELHI – Indian new Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat respondsover possibilities of war against Pakistan.
Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat on Monday said it was very difficultto predict if a scenario of a war with Pakistan would emerge or not but allthe defence services were prepared to take on any challenge.
The top general, who inducted the Sukhoi-30 MKI squadron here, wasresponding to a question about any possibility of war emerging betweenIndia and Pakistan.
“All the defence services are tasked to be prepared for any option that mayemerge.
It is very difficult to predict a scenario. But, we are always prepared forany task that may be assigned to us,” Gen Rawat said.
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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) said his new role was aimed at integratingdefence systems and the three services (the Army, the Navy and the IndianAir Force).
It was for this reason the post of CDS was created, he said.
“…we will keep moving towards better integration and jointness,” Rawat,who was appointed the country’s first Chief of Defence Staff on December 30last year, added.
