India now has a new lethal-weapons platform to keep a 'strategic-eye' over the IOR, especially the Bay of Bengal, as-well-as carry-out 'long-range precision strikes' against hostile aircraft carriers or other high-value targets by day and night in all-weather conditions in the region. The IAF also plans to upgrade its entire Sukhoi-fleet with more advanced avionics, radars and weapons to further bolster their combat capabilities.