New Delhi, June 12 -- Given the strides made by China in military space programme, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit on Wednesday called for understanding the "rapidly evolving threat landscape." He made this assertion here as India contemplates its own surveillance capabilities He said remarkable advances made by "our neighbours to the north" must be understood as he also cited expansion in China's military space programme.

In his address at a seminar here, Air Marshal Dixit also said Chinese satellites have recently demonstrated "sophisticated 'dog-fighting' manouvres" in low earth orbits. He was speaking on 'Surveillance and Electro-optics' at the event hosted by think-tank CAPS (Centre for Air Power Studies) ...