India's Long Reach: How New Delhi Is Building the Firepower to Strike 1,000 km
In the wake of Operation Sindoor, India has demonstrated a new kind of warfare in South Asia: non-contact, non-kinetic, and dominated by long-range precision strikes. The conflict, triggered by the Pahalgam terror attack, saw Indian forces strike nine terror targets deep inside Pakistan, then repel a Pakistani rocket salvo near Sirsa with air defense missiles. Within hours, Indian missile and drone strikes destroyed Pakistani air defense sites, and Brahmos missiles neutralized key air bases. The hotline rang, and the crisis ended on New Delhi's terms.
This is the future of conflict in the region. And it is driving a massive modernization push in the Indian armed forces.