Indian war games in view of LTTE air threat

The Indian Air Force (IAF) recently staged war games in South India to test this country’s capabilities to protect its "high value" assets like oil tankers, nuclear installations and ports against aerial attacks by "non-state actors" in the region like the so-called Tamileelam Air Force (TAF).

This is the first military exercise in southern India after the TAF---the fledgling air force of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)---had carried out daring aerial strikes on Sri Lankan Air Force’s air base adjoining Katunayake International Airport outside Colombo in March this year.

Codenamed "Dakshin Prahar," the week-long war games practiced scenarios to protect India’s commercial targets in southern India against similar attacks.

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