Pune ( Maharashtra ) [India], September 25 (ANI): Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said India's decision not to deploy the Air Force during the 1962 conflict with China denied the Army a critical advantage, as air support could have slowed the Chinese offensive, and given troops more time to prepare, an approach considered escalatory at the time but practical under modern operational doctrine.

Speaking at the release of the revised edition of (late) Lieutenant General S.P.P. Thorat's autobiography, From Reveille to Retreat, in Pune , Gen Chauhan said, "I think Gen Thorat had in mind the use of the air force, which the government did not permit. They would have had a significant advantage during the 1962 conflict , shorter turnaround times, a favourable geography and

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