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In the aftermath of India’s high-profile Operation Sindoor, a wave of claims emerged on social media suggesting that Indian missiles had successfully targeted Pakistan’s nuclear-linked Kirana Hills facility, sparking fears of a covert strategic escalation between two nuclear-armed states.
In a dramatic evolution of South Asia’s strategic calculus, Pakistan’s operational deployment of the Shaheen-III medium-range ballistic missile marks a pivotal escalation in the regional deterrence equation—one that decisively neutralizes India’s assumed geographic buffer and exposes even its farthest eastern military installations to credible nuclear strike options.
In a dramatic escalation of South Asia’s fifth-generation airpower race, India has greenlit the development of its first indigenous stealth fighter jet—the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA)—in a strategic response to the growing threat posed by China’s J-20 fleet and Pakistan’s accelerating acquisition of the stealthy J-35A “Gyrfalcon.”
In a move poised to significantly recalibrate the airpower dynamics of Southeast Asia, Indonesia is reportedly preparing to acquire 42 second-hand Chengdu J-10C multirole fighters from China, while also signalling renewed interest in the long-suspended procurement of Russian Su-35s.
Unverified reports emerging from Indian media outlets and amplified by social media chatter suggest that India may have executed a high-stakes precision strike using cruise missiles on Kirana Hills, a site long suspected to house elements of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons infrastructure.
A recently surfaced image has triggered intense scrutiny among global defence analysts after it allegedly showed China’s fifth-generation stealth fighter, the Chengdu J-20, armed with what appears to be two PL-21 ultra-long-range air-to-air missiles.
In a move that could have far-reaching strategic repercussions across the Indo-Pacific, Japanese electronic warfare (EW) and radar specialists have reportedly become the latest foreign experts granted access by New Delhi to inspect debris from China’s PL-15 beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile, recovered in northern India during the recent Pakistan-India air conflict.
Probably impressed with the performance of Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones and their effective deployment by the Bangladesh Army, there are now reports suggesting that the Bangladesh Navy is considering acquiring these same drones for operational use.
In a clash that may shape future doctrines of air combat, a high-intensity aerial engagement between Pakistani and Indian fighter jets has thrust the Chinese-built J-10C Vigorous Dragon into the global spotlight, with early indications suggesting it may have bested the French-built Rafale in long-range missile combat.
In the high-stakes theatre of modern aerial warfare, South Asia’s two indigenous light fighters—the Pakistan-China co-developed JF-17 Thunder and India’s domestically built HAL Tejas—have emerged as strategic flagships representing distinct national doctrines, industrial trajectories, and geopolitical alignments.