The Air Force does not see any immediate military threat from China, but is doing a 'lot of upgradation' of its bases in the eastern sector to maintain preparedness, chief of Eastern Air Command Air Marshal S K Bhan said."There is no immediate threat from China. But we are well prepared. There is a lot of upgradation going on in the eastern sector," Bhan told newsmen after handing over a decommissioned MiG-21 fighter aircraft to the authorities of Kolkata's first theme park Nicco Park, at Salt Lake City.
Stating that deployment of high-capability aircraft in the eastern sector would be completed within the next 10 years, he said the IAF had signed an MOU with Arunachal Pradesh government for upgrading the Advanced Ground Landing sites in that state bordering China.
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