by Rajat Pandt at The Times of India
NEW DELHI: With a retaliation by Pakistan being considered likely, India has shored up its defences across the land, air and sea domains. The multi-layered air defence network is fully activated, several frontline warships are deployed in the Arabian Sea, and infantry units along the frontier are fully stocked and prepared to deal with any contingency.
Amid combat air patrols being flown by IAF fighter jets, even the tri-Service Strategic Forces Command, which handles the country’s nuclear arsenal, has been put on a high alert as a measure of abundant precaution.
“India has demonstrated considerable restraint in its response. However, it must be said that Indian armed forces are fully prepared to respond to Pakistani misadventures, if any, that will escalate the situation,” warned Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, a helicopter pilot, at the briefing by foreign secretary Vikram Misri.
The feeling in military-diplomatic circles here, however,…
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