The Indian Air Force is conducting a two-day emergency preparedness exercise on an airstrip along Uttar Pradesh’s Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur. Fighter jets will carry out touch-and-go operations, effectively treating the expressway corridor as an alternate runway. Security has been tightened and a 12-km stretch of the highway is temporarily closed for traffic to support the drill and boost operational readiness.
During last year’s Indo-Pak conflict, an Indian Air Force unit in Haryana reportedly used the Barak-8 air defence system—deployed from Sirsa—to intercept and destroy a Pakistani ballistic missile that may have been aimed at Delhi. The successful engagement is being cited as evidence of India’s growing capability to track, neutralize and prevent high-impact missile strikes.
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