General Anil Chauhan: Air Force Use in 1962 War Would Have Significantly Impeded Chinese Offensive

Sep 25, 2025 12:55 pm CST

Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan reflects on strategic lessons from the 1962 Sino-Indian war, stating that deploying air power would have substantially slowed Chinese advances. Speaking at the release of Lt Gen Thorat's revised autobiography "Reveille to Retreat," he critiqued the uniform application of forward policy across different terrains and highlighted how military thinking has evolved since then, as demonstrated by recent operations like Operation Sindoor.