NEW DELHI: India on Saturday declared that any future act of terror against the country will be considered an “act of war” and will be responded to accordingly, top government sources confirmed, marking a significant policy shift amid escalating hostilities with Pakistan.
The announcement came shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level security meeting with defence minister Rajnath Singh, national security advisor Ajit Doval, chief of defence staff, and the three armed forces chiefs at his residence in New Delhi.
Earlier in the day, India launched retaliatory strikes at four airbases deep inside Pakistan following Islamabad’s attacks on 26 Indian locations. According to Indian Army Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, “Precision strikes were carried out on Pakistani military targets in Rafiqui, Murid, Chaklala, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur, and Chunian, as well as radar sites at Pasrur and Sialkot aviation bases, using air-launched weapons from Indian fighter aircraft.”
The strikes came hours after Pakistan launched high-speed missiles at Punjab’s airbase station around 1:40 am and targeted civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and schools in Srinagar, Awantipora, and Udhampur.
Foreign secretary Vikram Misri said during a press briefing, “Pakistan's actions constituted provocation, escalation. In response, India defended and reacted in a responsible and measured fashion.”
Despite the scale of the attacks, Indian forces successfully engaged and retaliated, though airbases in Udhampur, Pathankot, Adampur, Bhuj, and Bathinda sustained damage and reported injuries to personnel.
Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, addressing the joint media briefing, categorically rejected Pakistan’s “malicious misinformation campaign” regarding damage to Indian defence assets. She said Pakistan had falsely claimed hits on the S-400 system in Adampur, airfields in Suratgarh and Sirsa, BrahMos deployment in Nagrota, and artillery positions in Chandigarh and Dehrangyari.
“India unequivocally rejects these false narratives, which are part of a broader strategy to undermine India's military capabilities and instil fear among the public,” Singh said.
Reports of heavy shelling and cross-border firing continued to pour in from areas along the Pakistan border on Saturday, further heightening tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
The announcement came shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level security meeting with defence minister Rajnath Singh, national security advisor Ajit Doval, chief of defence staff, and the three armed forces chiefs at his residence in New Delhi.
Earlier in the day, India launched retaliatory strikes at four airbases deep inside Pakistan following Islamabad’s attacks on 26 Indian locations. According to Indian Army Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, “Precision strikes were carried out on Pakistani military targets in Rafiqui, Murid, Chaklala, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur, and Chunian, as well as radar sites at Pasrur and Sialkot aviation bases, using air-launched weapons from Indian fighter aircraft.”
The strikes came hours after Pakistan launched high-speed missiles at Punjab’s airbase station around 1:40 am and targeted civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and schools in Srinagar, Awantipora, and Udhampur.
Foreign secretary Vikram Misri said during a press briefing, “Pakistan's actions constituted provocation, escalation. In response, India defended and reacted in a responsible and measured fashion.”
Despite the scale of the attacks, Indian forces successfully engaged and retaliated, though airbases in Udhampur, Pathankot, Adampur, Bhuj, and Bathinda sustained damage and reported injuries to personnel.
Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, addressing the joint media briefing, categorically rejected Pakistan’s “malicious misinformation campaign” regarding damage to Indian defence assets. She said Pakistan had falsely claimed hits on the S-400 system in Adampur, airfields in Suratgarh and Sirsa, BrahMos deployment in Nagrota, and artillery positions in Chandigarh and Dehrangyari.
“India unequivocally rejects these false narratives, which are part of a broader strategy to undermine India's military capabilities and instil fear among the public,” Singh said.
Reports of heavy shelling and cross-border firing continued to pour in from areas along the Pakistan border on Saturday, further heightening tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
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