The navies of India and Pakistan will hold separate drills in the Arabian Sea simultaneously, starting August 11.
“Indian Navy warships would be carrying out drills in the Arabian Sea on August 11-12. Pakistan Navy has also issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) for carrying out its own naval exercises in its waters,” Defence sources said. A NOTAM is issued when air traffic movement is restricted for a certain period of time.
India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 as a decisive military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed. The Indian Armed Forces targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the death of over 100 terrorists.
India repelled the subsequent Pakistani retaliation and pounded its airbases.
India has said that cessation of hostilities came after Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) called up his Indian counterpart, and there was no third-party mediation.
