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Naval MiG-29K fighters & P-8I aircraft deployed amid border tensions with China

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Jul 22, 2020 #China, #tensions
Naval MiG-29K fighters & P-8I aircraft deployed amid border tensions with China

NEW DELHI: Naval MiG-29K supersonic fighters and Poseidon-8I long-range patrol aircraft may primarily have a maritime role but they are also being used over land amid the ongoing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh.

Sources said the US-origin P-8I aircraft, which are packed with radars and electro-optic sensors to hunt enemy warships and submarines, are being regularly deployed to keep track of movements and build-ups of the People’s Liberation Army along the Line of Actual Control. “Satellites and drones, of course, are also being used for surveillance,” said a source.

The Russian-origin MiG-29Ks, in

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