Ironclad Skies: How Modi Govt

However, when Pakistan retaliated with missile strikes targeting Indian military installations in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat, not a single missile reached its mark.

- ABHINANDAN MISHRA

Since the 22 April Pulwama massacre, it was expected that India would respond to the Pakistan military orchestrated terror attack with all its might. The confidence behind this expectation turned into reality, as it eventually did on the intervening night of 6-7 May when it executed Operation Sindoor.

Officials told the Sunday Guardian that since the last three days, India's military prowess, specifically its air defence and offensive capabilities have been put to the ultimate test in which it obliterated nine terrorist camps across Pakistan.

According to officials, there was no doubt that Pakistan would retaliate in order to pacify its military ego and the various terrorist groups.

However, when Pakistan retaliated with missile strikes targeting Indian military installations in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat, not a single missile reached its mark.

This, sources said, happened because of India's air defence ecosystem, meticulously built over the past decade under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, which neutralized every threat with precision.