As the VISION-2020 suggest India as a Nuclear power and IAF as a Nuclear force. India will have to acquire the capability of launching these weapons thus the delivery system for the Nuclear arsenals and to defend them. For this IAF would have a major role to play as via-air dropping is the easiest and the most common method used in wars.

Currently IAF is under development with first to acquire the force multipliers and setting up of a Nuclear Command And Post. If we take a look at the IAF's fleet of year 2020, the list would as follows-

(A) Frontline Fighters

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1) Su-30 MKI

(2) MCA (Medium Combat Aircraft) (Fighter/Bomber/Recon)

(3) LCA (Light Combat Aircraft) KH-2001

(4) Mig-29K (The non- carrier version)

(5) Mig-27

(6) Mig-21-93 (Fighter)

(7) Jaguar (Fighter)

(8) Mig-23 (Fighter)

(B) Long Range bombers and Recon aircrafts

(1) MCA (Medium Combat Aircraft) (Fighter/Bomber/Recon)

(2) Tu-22M3 Backfire (Bomber/Recon)

(3) Mig-25 Foxbat (Recon)

(4) Mirage-2000 (Bomber)

(5) Mig-23 (Bomber)

(6) Jaguar (Recon)

(7) AVATAR (Solid Fueled Space Based) (Recon)

(8) Mig-21-93 (Recon)

(9) Su-30 MKI (Recon/Bomber)

(C) Light/Heavy/Executive Transports

1) IL-76MD Candid B (Heavy Transporter)

(2) IL-214 (Light Transport)

(3) ATR (Light transport and Executive)

(4) Dornier 228 (Light transport/Executive)

(5) Boeing 737-300 (Executive)

(D) Force Multipliers

(1) A-50 Phalcon AEW&C (A-50 Mainstay with a Israeli Phalcon radar system)

(2) IL-78 Air to ait refueling tanker

(E) Combat Helicopters

(1) Mi-24/25/35 Hind (Attack/Transport Version)

(2) ALAH (Adavance light attack helicopter)

(3) ALH (Attack Version)

(4) LAH Lancer (Light Attack Helicopter)

(5) ALH (Advance Light Helicopter) (Attack Version)

(6) Chetak (Attack Version)

(7) Mi-8/17 (Attack Version)

(F) Executive/Heavy/Light Transport Helicopters

(1) Mi-26 (The Largest Helo In the world)

(2) Mi-8/17 (Transport Version)

(3) Mi-24/25/35 (Transport Version)

(4) ALH (Advance Light Helicopter) (Transport Version)

(5) Chetak/Cheetah (Transport Version)

(6) Dauphin

(7) LOH  Light Observation Helicopter (Transport)

(G) Observation/Recon Helicopter

(1) LOH (light Observation Helicopter) (Recon)

(2) Mi-24/25/35 (Recon)

(3) Mi-8/17 (Recon)

(4) Chetak-Cheetah (Recon)

(5) ALH (Advance Light Helicopter) (Recon)

(H) Combat/non-combat capable trainers

(1) HJT-36 (Advance Sub/Super sonic) (Combat Capable)

(2) AJT Hawk (Advance Sub/Super sonic) (Combat Capable)

(3) HJT-16 Kiran (Sub-sonic)

(4) Iskara (Sub-Sonic)

(5) Mg-21-93UB Trainer (Sub-Super Sonic) (Combat Capable)

(6) LCA KH-2001 (Trainer) (Advance Sub-Super Sonic) (Combat Capable)

(7) HPT-32 (Transport Trainer)

(8) Dornier 228 (Transport trainer)