In the current standoff the presence of our aircraft carrier with large number of MiG-29K fighters and airborne early warning helicopters prevented any suspicious or hostile aircraft to come close to the carrier battle group within several hundred kilometers

Immediately, after the covertly incident by Pakistan sponsored terrorist attack at Pahalgam, we had validated our anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense capability in a complex threat environment using cross-platform cooperative mechanism

Our powerful carrier battle group with formidable offensive capability was able to operate with impunity and maintained an uncontested presence in the area of operation.

Effectively it compelled the Pakistani air elements to remain bottled up close to the macron coast, denying any opportunity to be a threat in maritime space:

Vice Admiral AN Pramod, DGNO