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India seeks additional S-400 missile defence systems from Russia: Sources
After the S-400's successful performance during Operation Sindoor, India has reportedly requested more such units from Russia to bolster its air defence.
Shivani Sharma is a broadcast journalist who specialises in Defence reporting. She happens to be the first Indian journalist to reach the world’s highest motorable top at Umling La and also to cover the southern most strategic tip of the country at Nicobar.
After the S-400's successful performance during Operation Sindoor, India has reportedly requested more such units from Russia to bolster its air defence.
Sources confirm that revalidation exercises for the M1 and M2 emergency airstrips - located on the Islamabad-Peshawar and Islamabad-Lahore motorways - are scheduled for this week.
After India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday evening, the intervening night of Sunday and Monday remained largely peaceful across Jammu and Kashmir and other areas.
The debris, believed to be ejected components typically discarded shortly after a missile launch, was found in a remote area close to the Indo-Pak border, raising questions about whether the high-speed BrahMos missile was deployed in India's recent precision attacks on Pakistani military infrastructure.
Agniveer Mudhavath Murali Naik succumbed to injuries sustained during heavy shelling from Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.
Tensions escalated between India and Pakistan following a terror attack in J&K's Pahalgam, which killed 26 civilians.
Several drones were intercepted at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Rajasthan, as Pakistan attempted to strike military and civilian targets for the second consecutive day.
Under a notification dated May 6, 2025, issued in accordance with Rule 33 of the Territorial Army Rules, 1948, the government has authorised the Army Chief to call out every officer and enroled personnel of the Territorial Army as needed, either for guard duties or for full embodiment to support and supplement the regular armed forces.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that India has always acted like a responsible nation with great restraint. In a warning to Pakistan, Rajnath Singh said that India's restrained actions do not mean that anyone can misuse our patience.
The latest round of shelling came hours after India launched Operation Sindoor, a high-precision military offensive that struck nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.