The IAF chief was answering a question at the annual Air Force Day press conference on how the IAF planned to respond to Pakistan's store of tactical nuclear weapons. Indian Air Force chief BS Dhanoa may have talking about taking out the Nasr missile systems when he made his comments yesterday. However, does the Air Force have the ability to precisely 'locate' and 'fix' these dispersed vehicles and knock them out using air strikes? To extend it to say that India is planning a counterforce strategy (targeting nuclear weapons) is incorrect," he said. Menon mentioned that Pakistan's use of nuclear weapons, even tactical nuclear weapons, would effectively free India to undertake a 'comprehensive first strike' against it.

Source: India Today October 06, 2017 04:59 UTC