The 13-day long mega military exercise by the Indian Air Force achieved more than its stated "objectives", Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa said today, indicating its readiness to deal with a hostile Pakistan and China almost simultaneously. "All men and women of the IAF rose to the occasion and achieved things beyond our stated objectives," the IAF Chief told PTI in an interview. "We achieved relocation and rebalancing of assets from one sector to another in 48 hours," Dhanoa said. "We carried out the exercise thinking as if we are going to fight a war," said a senior IAF official. When asked about reports of the IAF having carried out "strikes in the Malacca Strait, Dhanoa categorically denied it.

Source: dna April 23, 2018 14:03 UTC