🇮🇳 INDIAN DEFENCE UPDATE – JUNE 04 🇮🇳 ⸻ ✈️ Operation Sindoor – IAF Retaliation • 6 Pakistani fighter jets, 1 C-130 aircraft destroyed • Several cruise missiles & UAVs neutralized • 4-day conflict caused major losses to Pak: 6 jets, 2 surveillance planes, 30 missiles 🧑‍✈️ CDS General Anil Chauhan on Op Sindoor • “Pak wanted India on its knees in 48 hrs, folded in 8 hrs” • “Professional militaries aren’t shaken by losses” • “Outcome matters more than setbacks” • Described the result as an “innings defeat” for Pakistan 🛡️ Ministry of Defence Advisory • Urges media/public to respect privacy of senior armed forces personnel & families • 4-point advisory issued amid active operations 🧒 NCC Expansion • Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth announces increase of 3 lakh cadets • Major boost to youth military training & nation-building 🇷🇺🇺🇸 India-Russia Defence Ties • US expresses discomfort over India’s deals with Russia • Dollar bypass and strategic defence choices under scrutiny 🗣️ 11 Years of Modi Govt – Defence Review • Ex-Chiefs reflect on military reforms, capability upgrades & jointness 💥 Indigenous Artillery Breakthrough • Reliance Infra becomes first private Indian firm to develop 155mm next-gen artillery shells • Projected ₹10,000 crore defence export target 🔬 DRDO & Defence Innovation • BSF collaborates with DRDO for tech to monitor Sunderbans border • DRDO opens 41 apprenticeship positions in tech & engineering • Focus on indigenous artillery shell tech post-BrahMos success 🚨 Indian Army Updates • 197 Agniveers pass out from 39 Gorkha Training Centre, Varanasi • BRO conducts relief ops post heavy rains in NE states • 34 tourists & army families airlifted from landslide-hit Sikkim • Army rescues 1,500+ in flood-hit Manipur • Former Army Chief credits ‘3 Atmanirbharta factors’ for Op Sindoor success • Army duo & porter die in Sikkim landslide • Spear Corps conducts civic outreach in Arunachal Pradesh ⚓ Indian Navy • Body of Tanzanian cadet recovered, search continues for Yemeni students • Ex-Navy Chief: “Stronger inter-force synergy over last 7 years” 🌌 Indian Air Force & Space • IAF confirms destruction of key Pak assets in Operation Sindoor • India’s next manned space mission rescheduled to June 10