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Updated May 7th 2025, 04:31 IST

Air Defence Units on High Alert Along India-Pakistan Border Following Operation Sindoor

Operation Sindoor reflects a paradigm shift. India is no longer in a reactionary mode but now acts with pre-emptive clarity when provoked.

Reported by: Yuvraj Tyagi
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New Delhi, India - India’s air defence units are on maximum alert along the India-Pakistan border following Operation Sindoor, a blistering strike on May 7, 2025, that obliterated terrorist hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). The operation, a direct response to the April 22 Pahalgam attack that butchered 26 civilians, has exposed Pakistan’s filthy role in sponsoring terror, and India’s not taking any chances with a neighbour that’s been caught red-handed again. This report dives into the heightened alertness and Pakistan’s pathetic scrambling amid a crisis of their own making.

The Pahalgam massacre, where 25 Hindu tourists, one Christian, and one local Muslim were gunned down, was pinned on The Resistance Front (TRF), a shoddy front for Pakistan’s darling, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). India’s got ironclad proof—intercepts, digital trails, and militant confessions—pointing to Pakistan’s military and ISI as the puppet masters. While Pakistan’s leaders parrot denials and spin conspiracies, India’s air defence units, backed by Rafales and Sukhois, are locked and loaded to swat any desperate counter-move from a nation that’s been terror’s biggest cheerleader for decades.

Operation Sindoor Exposes Pakistan’s Weakness

Operation Sindoor was a surgical gut-punch, hitting nine LeT and JeM terror dens with pinpoint accurac. Pakistan’s air defences? Utterly useless—Indian strikes sailed through, leaving PoJK in chaos with explosions and a blackout in Muzaffarabad. It’s a humiliating wake-up call for a military that brags about “readiness” but can’t protect its own backyard from India’s wrath.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) isn’t stopping there. Since May 6, they’ve been running massive drills in Rajasthan, from 9 pm to 3 am on May 8, flexing muscle with frontline jets and suspending flights near the border. Defence officials confirm all air defence units—armed with Akash missiles and advanced radars—are fully activated, ready to shred any Pakistani jets or drones dumb enough to cross the Line of Control (LoC). Pakistan’s response is laughable: moving rusty radars to Sialkot and whining about “imminent” Indian attacks while their air force claims to “chase” IAF jets that were never there.

Nationwide Drills Brace for Pakistan’s Tantrums

India’s not just guarding the skies; it’s prepping the whole country for Pakistan’s predictable hysterics. Civil defence drills, the biggest since the 1971 war that humiliated Pakistan, are rolling out across 244 districts. Air raid sirens, blackouts, and evacuation training are in full swing, with Delhi and Punjab testing bunkers and emergency protocols to shield civilians from any Pakistani misadventure. It’s a clear message: India’s ready for anything, while Pakistan’s stuck playing catch-up.

These drills, ordered by the Ministry of Home Affairs, involve students, volunteers, and disaster response teams, ensuring even villages are prepped. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s “Hammer Strike” exercises and naval posturing in the Arabian Sea are pure theatre—their air force’s claim of scaring off Rafales is a fairy tale for their gullible public. India’s got the edge, and Pakistan’s military, bloated with Chinese gear and empty boasts, knows it.

Pakistan’s Desperate Deflections

Pakistan’s counter-moves are as weak as their denials. Their defence minister, Khawaja Asif, is crying wolf about Indian “aggression,” while their army shuffles troops to PoJK and deploys SH-15 howitzers that’d be scrap metal against India’s firepower. Their air force’s “high alert” is a joke—state media’s tales of downing Indian drones or chasing jets are debunked by every credible source. Pakistan’s just flailing, hoping to distract from the fact that their terror factories got smoked.

Diplomatically, Pakistan’s begging China and Gulf states for a lifeline, but the world’s not buying their victim act. India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty, kicked out their diplomats, and banned their flights, while Pakistan’s airspace closures and Simla Agreement tantrums are petty and pointless. The UN and U.S. are calling for calm, but India’s briefings to G20 envoys are laying bare Pakistan’s terror links, leaving Islamabad isolated and exposed.

India’s Had Enough of Pakistan’s Games

Pakistan’s been running this scam forever—arming militants, faking innocence, and crying foul when caught. From Kargil to Mumbai to Pahalgam, their fingerprints are on every major attack, yet they’ve got the gall to accuse India of “escalation.” Operation Sindoor, like the 2019 Balakot strikes, proves India’s done playing nice—terror camps aren’t safe, no matter how deep in Pakistan they hide. The IAF’s drills and air defence readiness show India’s prepped for any retaliation, nuclear bluster or not.

India’s manhunt for the Pahalgam attackers is relentless, with 1,200 detained and LeT’s Altaf Lalli taken out in Udhampur. Pakistan’s failure to shut down its terror pipeline has forced India to act, and Operation Sindoor’s just the opening salvo. If Pakistan doesn’t dismantle its militant networks, they’ll face more strikes, and their crumbling military won’t save them. The world sees Pakistan for what it is—a terrorist sanctuary—and India’s air defences are ready to prove it’s a fight they’ll lose.

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Published May 7th 2025, 04:31 IST