India’s security response to terrorism has entered a new phase. In an address to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi signalled a shift in approach: explicit, structured, and less restrained than previous postures. Operation Sindoor, the targeted military strikes carried out across the border, is now being framed not as an isolated reprisal but as a new potential benchmark in how India responds to acts of terror.The government’s position is that terrorism will henceforth be met with direct and decisive action. In policy terms, this appears to represent a sharpening of India’s threshold for military response, particularly when acts of violence are perceived as attacks not just on lives, but on national integrity.
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