India is acquiring retired SEPECAT Jaguar strike aircraft from Oman—which withdrew the type in 2014 to cannibalize for spare parts, exposing how the Indian Air Force operates at just 29 of its required 42 squadrons, the smallest combat force since the 1962 China war. The Cold War-era jets, upgraded through three DARIN modernization phases including Israeli AESA radar and Harpoon anti-ship missiles, remain operationally relevant for precision strike but face parts shortages as British, French, an

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