Amid escalating military tensions between India and Pakistan, Bangladesh has undertaken a series of rather unusual strategic measures, including a military drill, Akash Bijoy 2025. The source said the containers had heavy weaponry, including air defense systems, Turkish-made drones, short-range missiles, and other advanced weaponry.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/operation-sindoor-why-india-must-keep-eye-on-bangladesh-too/2618719/

As Gen Bipin Rawat once pointed out, India has to be ready for a two-and-a-half front war, with the half referring to unnamed internal enemies.----more----https://theprint.in/opinion/to-deal-with-a-2-5-front-war-india-must-tackle-the-half-front-inside/2622697/

#cuttheclutter Two months before the Pahalgam massacre, orders for satellite images of the sensitive region in Kashmir peaked. In Episode 1658 of #CutTheClutter Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta and Senior Assistant Editor Soumya Pillai discuss a timely newsbreak that highlights a plausible Pakistani connection to the terror attack that claimed 26 lives in Pahalgam and pushed India and Pakistan to the brink of war.

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To read Soumya Pillai story: https://theprint.in/defence/pahalgam-satellite-image-us-space-tech-firm-maxar-technologies/2620666/

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Produced By: Mahira Khan

Three nights after Op Sindoor, the India-Pakistan air warfare continues in the north and the west of our country. In episode 1657 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta and Deputy Editor Snehesh Alex Philip discuss India’s multi-layered integrated air defence system and how it is thwarting drone attacks by Pakistan.

As tensions spiral between India and Pakistan following the tragic Pahalgam attack, three key concepts—escalatory ladder, kinetic response, and off-ramp—have come to define the unfolding crisis. In episode 1656 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta breaks down how the conflict has escalated: from diplomatic fallout and airspace closures to drone strikes and the tactical use of SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defence).