Indian air chief keen for war games with rival China

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SHILLONG, India, Nov 19 (AFP): India's air force chief Fali Homi Major said Monday said he was keen to hold joint manoeuvres with China as there are “no issues” with the country despite an unresolved border dispute that caused a war in 1962. The comments came two months after New Delhi upset Beijing by hosting naval exercises involving 29 warships and 160 fighter aircraft from the United States, Australia, Japan and Singapore in the Indian Ocean. “Hopefully in the near future we may have joint military exercises with China,” Major told reporters at the Eastern Air Command base at Shillong in northeast India.(Posted @ 18:50 PST)
- DAWN - Latest Stories; November 19, 2007