From the article:
“However, the threat perception isn’t as much from Pakistan army directly as it is from terror modules active in the Valley and elsewhere backed by ISI, sources said.”
So, they’re expecting large terror attacks, backed by Paki intelligence.
(As an aside, Times of India has an interesting feature that only allows you to copy ten words at a time, followed by the URL of the article.)
Four Sukhoi-30MKI “air dominance” fighters from the Bareilly ..
Yup. Seems like that is exactly right, first time I have seen that.
NEW DELHI: Fighter jets, mid-air refuellers and early-warning aircraft from at least five airbases closely coordinated to unleash the “strike package” on the Balakot terror facility. The aim was to blow six targets within the facility to smithereens in two waves of firing. “The six were first hit with one wave of weapons. The second wave was executed once the dust settled after the first hit. The battle damage assessment was 100%,” a top defence source said here.
On February 16, TOI had reported that precision airstrikes were the government’s favoured option for retaliatory action following the Pulwama terror attack.
More than 10 words copied from the ToI
If India experiences large scale terrorism, from Indian Muslims, they may decide to expel their entire Muslim population into Pakistan.