Blueskies Podcast - S2Ep14: Anil Khosla - Doklam, Balakot and the Future of Air War

In this episode, we speak to Air Mshl Anil Khosla, who recently retired as Vice Chief of Air Staff. Besides his experiences as a young officer, we focus on the role he played in the Doklam stand-off (when he was C-in-C Eastern Air Command) and the strike at Balakot (when he was Vice Chief). We also discuss the pros and cons of indigenous vs imported weapons platforms, the future of air war, and the Air Force's talent strategy, among other things. Air Mshl Khosla's profile is here: http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Dat... His blog can be found here: https://55nda.com/blogs/anil-khosla/ 00:00:00 - 00:01:00 Introduction 00:01:00 - 00:13:14 Initial journey into IAF 00:13:14 - 00:16:01 Doklam incident 00:16:01 - 00:19:09 How to deal with China 00:19:09 - 00:28:46 Balakot 00:28:46 - 00:43:46 Maintain a tech edge 00:43:46 - 00:53:30 Future of air war 00:53:30 - 01:00:00 Finding talent for the IAF