Amid heightened tensions with Pakistan, Indian Navy strikes sea skimming target using MRSAM

Explaining the nature of the Indian operation, a source in the defence and security establishment told ThePrint, “Precision cooperative engagement against sea-skimming targets involves more than one naval asset sharing real-time data to create an integrated, highly accurate tracking and engagement of an aerial target that could be flying about 10–20 metres above sea level.”

The source added that this approach, known as Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC), enables a networked system that allows rapid action even if the target is initially detected by only one platform.

Indian Navy, in a press statement, said, “This achievement demonstrates India’s growing prowess in indigenous warship design, development, and operations, and underscores the nation’s commitment to self-reliance in defence manufacturing.” This development comes at a time when India and Pakistan’s already strained relations have taken a further plunge following a terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which killed 26 people.

India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Thursday that India cannot be intimidated by such terrorist activities and that the central government would not only catch hold of those who carried out the attack but also those who were operating from behind the scenes.

In a briefing held later that day, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, following the Cabinet Committee on Security meeting, cited “cross-border linkages” of the attackers.

In a diplomatic response, the Centre has put the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance. Additionally, the Integrated Check Post at Attari has been closed with immediate effect. Misri also announced that Pakistani nationals would no longer be permitted to travel to India under the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Visa Exemption Scheme (SVES).

Moreover, defence, naval, and air advisers posted at Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi have been declared ‘persona non grata’. They have been given one week to leave the country. India too will withdraw its advisers from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.

The overall strength of both High Commissions will be reduced from 55 to 30 from 1 May, Misri said.

(Edited by Radifah Kabir)

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