According to preliminary information, Ukraine’s air defence systems shot down all the Iranian-made Shahed drones Russia launched before they reached their targets.
The strikes were in retaliation for attack against US-led coalition base near Hasakah in northeast Syria on Thursday that killed a contractor and wounded 5 US troops.
Russia launched seven missile strikes, 31 air strikes & 73 attacks from salvo rocket launchers in the past day, the general staff of Ukraine's armed forces said in a daily report.
What should be clear, both from the Iranian attacks on US bases and this 'modest response', is that the path ahead for the US with Iran will be complex and fraught.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in last 10 days there were multiple attacks on American people, positions that took lives & injured many. And the US had to respond to those attacks.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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