Overview
- Pakistan issued a second NOTAM effective November 1–30 closing large swathes of southern airspace, with intelligence reports indicating preparations for naval live-firing and possible missile tests near Sonmiani.
- Exercise Trishul runs October 30–November 10 across Gujarat, Rajasthan and the Arabian Sea, mobilizing over 20,000 troops, tanks, missile units, Rafale and Su-30MKI jets, and frontline warships in phased land-sea-air drills.
- India activated its own NOTAM to keep civil aviation clear of sectors along the Rajasthan and Gujarat border for the duration of the exercises.
- Political messaging sharpened, with Pakistan’s defence minister pledging a “stronger than before” response to any aggression and India’s Rajnath Singh invoking Operation Sindoor to warn of a harsher reply if provoked.
- No kinetic exchanges have been confirmed, though media in Pakistan reported early fighter scrambles as both sides elevate readiness near the Sir Creek region.