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INDIAN AIR FORCE chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh met Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday and is learnt to have briefed him on the overall preparedness of the IAF in the context of retaliatory options being weighed by the government following the Pahalgam terror attack.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE New Delhi, May 4

While there was no official statement on the meeting, Air Chief Marshal Singh and the Prime Minister were said to have discussed the security scenario and the options on the table.

The IAF chief's meeting at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg took place hours after Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi spoke to the Prime Minister on the situation in the northern Arabian Sea.

Given the Navy's ongoing drills in the Arabian Sea, all operational frontline warships of the Western Fleet with maritime patrol aircraft, and fleet auxiliaries are out at sea.

Defence sources said the Navy is well-positioned to act on any possible option as soon as the executive orders are given.

A PTI report had earlier stated that navigation warning alerts have been sent to commercial ships from India's National Hydrographic Office.