India will hold a major tri-service combat drill “Trishul 2025” along its border with Pakistan from October 30 to November 10 amid continuing hostility between the two South Asian nuclear powers that engaged in a deadly conflict in May.
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Pakistan has decided to temporarily close portions of its airspace near the Indian border for two days. Pakistan Airports Authority has issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) stating the airspace will be restricted and remain closed from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. on October 28 and 29.
The airlines have been advised to exercise caution during this period.
As a result, the three-hour daily closure will impact specific routes within the Karachi and Lahore flight regions.
Indian authorities have also restricted sections of airspace over Gujarat and Rajasthan. Temporary airspace closures are common during such military activities to ensure flight safety and prevent unintended airspace violations.
🚨 HUGE! India has issued a NOTAM for a major MILITARY EXERCISE involving the Army, Navy & Air Force along the western border with Pakistan from October 30 to November 10, 2025.
The scale & location of the drills are said to be HIGHLY UNUSUAL. pic.twitter.com/vo3Lc4IHtq
— Megh Updates 🚨™ (@MeghUpdates) October 24, 2025
According to the Indian Ministry of Defense, the drill aims to showcase India’s growing inter-service coordination, self-reliance and innovation.
The satellite imagery reportedly shared by geo-intelligence analyst Damien Symon reveals India’s NOTAM notice covering an area along Gujarat’s border with Pakistan, showing that the designated zone and scale of activity appeared unusually large.
The exercise will involve airspace restrictions up to 28,000 feet. The Southern Command units will take part to test integrated combat operations across varied terrains, including offensive maneuvers in desert and creek sectors, amphibious missions along the Saurashtra coast, and complex multi-domain exercises covering Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Electronic Warfare (EW), and Cyber capabilities.
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The large-scale military exercise come as Indian officials continue to issuing jingoistic statements and threats about resuming ‘Operation Sindoor’ – a military action – that pushed the two South Asian neighbors to the edge of a full-blown war in May.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said, “Operation Sindoor should serve as a case study from which we can learn and chart our future course.”
In remarks made to the Society of Indian Defense Manufacturers, Singh noted that the incident has “once again shown us that anything can happen at our borders, anywhere, at any time.”
“Although we gave a firm response with a firm resolve and our forces are fully prepared to defend the country’s borders, we must continue to introspect,” he said.
The warships which took part in today’s Steampast included INS Vikrant (the review platform), INS Vikramaditya (where I had been ten years ago for the Combined Commanders’ Conference), INS Surat (which was commissioned earlier this year in Mumbai), INS Mormugao, INS Chennai… pic.twitter.com/qKqwMn3vI7
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 20, 2025
According to Indian news agencies, PTI and ANI, Singh said the operation underscored the effectiveness of India’s indigenously developed defense systems.
“We all witnessed how the Akash missile system, BrahMos, AkashTeer Air Defence Control System, and other indigenous platforms demonstrated their prowess during Operation Sindoor.”
Indian air attack on Pakistan followed weeks of standoff in the wake of terrorist killing of tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir – a dispute often described as a nuclear flashpoint. Indian accused Pakistan-based militants for orchestrating the attack while Pakistan demanded evidence.
New Delhi sent its war planes to strike what it called terrorist infrastructure, bombing sites in Pakistani cities and causing casualties.
The Indian aggression provoked a well-calculated Pakistani response as using modern technology Pakistan air force pilots downed six Indian jets including Rafales, the French-made high-tech planes.
U.S. President Donald Trump, after an intense round of diplomacy, announced a ceasefire between the two countries on May 10, ending clashes that lasted 87 hours.
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India has also been concerned at growing U.S.-Pakistan strategic partnership, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has issued nationalistic statements in line with his right-wing political party BJP, whose members often follow extreme political anti-Muslim ideology.
On Monday, Kashmiris in the Indian and Pakistani administered Kashmir, Pakistan and around the world marked Black Day to condemn seventy-eight years of India’s illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Pakistan Navy’s Khaibar Warship’s Firepower demo video has been released. The ship precisely hit the targets using 76mm & STOP 25mm guns. pic.twitter.com/pdJzJHCtO5— Tactical Tribune (@TacticalTribun) October 27, 2025
Islamabad believes Jammu and Kashmir is a UN-recognized disputed territory while New Delhi says the resource-rich Himalayan territory is its integral part. The tensions between the two countries simmered into an aerial dogfight in 2019 after Indian changed the constitutional status of Kashmir, ending its autonomy.
Islamabad reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to the just cause of the Kashmiri people.
“The observance served as a solemn reminder of the grave injustices endured by the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) for more than seven decades and express solidarity with their legitimate struggle for the right to self-determination, as enshrined in the relevant United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions,” Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement.
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