Lack of hardened aircraft shelters forced India to respond to PAF intrusion with MiG-21s first

According to The Hindu, India’s MiG-21s were the first to intercept the intruding Pakistani fighter jets because the Su-30s were deployed further behind the border due to a lack of hardened aircraft shelters at bases near the front line.

Kunmadaras military air base 2018 09
VargaA [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons


Anonymous officials say the shelters are being built but it will take three to four years to complete as the project was only approved in 2017 due to bureaucratic delays.

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