'Anytime, anywhere': Indian Navy flexes muscle by firing missiles in Arabian sea
Videos shared by Navy showed BrahMos anti-ship and anti-surface cruise missiles being launched from frontline warships with a message that they are combat-ready
The Indian navy successfully carried out multiple anti-ship missile firings from its warships in the Arabian Sea demonstrating their long-range precision strike capabilities and combat readiness.
In an X post accompanied by videos of the demonstrations at sea, the Indian navy stated that they are combat-ready to safeguard the nation’s maritime interests ‘anytime, anywhere anyhow’.
The online videos shared by the Navy showed BrahMos anti-ship and anti-surface cruise missiles being launched from several frontline warships, including Kolkata-class destroyers and Nilgiri and Krivak-class frigates.
"Indian Navy ships undertook successful multiple anti-ship firings to revalidate and demonstrate readiness of platforms, systems, and crew for long-range precision offensive strike. Indian Navy stands combat-ready, credible, and future-ready in safeguarding the nation's maritime interests," the Navy said in the post.
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Pakistan had issued a maritime notification ahead of the Indian missile firings in the Arabian Sea.
Growing tensions
This display of strength comes amid growing tensions between India and Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 civilians were killed. In retaliation to the terror attack, India has suspended key agreements with Pakistan, including the Indus Waters Treaty, and ordered Pakistani nationals to leave the country.
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Pakistan ministers have been making provocative statements after this move by India and have threatened "full-scale war", including nuclear strikes, if India stops Indus water flowing to Pakistan.
Pakistan has also suspended all bilateral arrangements with India.
According to reports, there are attempts to violate ceasefire agreements by Pakistan along the Line of Control to provoke the Indian troops. The Indian side has retaliated effectively and no casualties have been reported in the exchange of fire, said the army.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Mann ki Baat, said that every Indian's blood is boiling after the terror attack.
“Each one of them is feeling the pain of those who lost their own in the terror attack,” he said, adding that peace was returning to Kashmir, but the enemies of the country, of Jammu and Kashmir, did not like this.
