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In the early hours of 22 June, Operation Midnight Hammer shattered Iran’s most fortified nuclear sites. Stealth bombers, submarine-launched missiles, AI-assisted targeting—this wasn’t just a strike, it was a signal. A message wrapped in precision and dropped from 50,000 feet: If you defy Washington without nuclear weapons, prepare to be flattened.
And yet, this moment echoes far beyond the Middle East.
For India—a nuclear power, a strategic partner of the US, a friend of Iran, and a balancing force in multilateral forums—this conflict raises tough questions. Does the age of rules-based order now run on raw power?
What lessons can our armed forces, our diplomats, and our strategic thinkers draw from what some are calling the most technologically advanced warning strike in history?
These are some of the issues we unpack in this week’s Defence Mantra, with security affairs expert and editor-in-chief of BharatShakti.in, Nitin Gokhale. Do like and share this video. Don’t forget to subscribe to the channel.
