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Mirage crashes

Sir, — Is losing three Mirage aircraft in three weeks an indication that there is a weak link somewhere? Of course, the courts of enquiry will try to unravel the mystery of the accidents.

However, a technology-dominated service such as the Indian Air Force must reappraise its old maintenance philosophy.

It is also time to look beyond the near horizons to knit our fragmented national aerospace resources under a unified agency for military applications.

Air Cmde (retd.) Raghubir Singh,
Pune, Maharashtra

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