“In fighter operations, you have to have deployments where airfields mutually support each other. Airfields are far away in Tibet from each other, in some cases around 400 km. This reduces loiter time for the aircraft, reduces fuel capacity if you have to divert. Our bases are within 100 km of each other in comparison and we can distribute our assets more easily,” said Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa. The former Air Chief said Chinese military doctrine depends a lot on rockets and artillery which is old Soviet theory. “In any future conflict there will be a lot of body bags coming back. Chinese society will not be able to take it like they did in 1962. Will their society allow them to face attrition like Korea?” he asked.