<h1>Retaliatory strikes: policy shift endorses decisive military responses and asserts Operation Sindoor as emblem of strengthened national security posture.</h1> The document records a stated shift to a proactive national security posture centred on Operation Sindoor as the model for retaliatory measures-surgical strikes, air strikes and other robust responses to terrorism-framed as a reversal of prior restraint. It also highlights defence-sector reform toward self-reliance and export promotion, with an articulated export target and reported growth in defence exports supporting the operational doctrine.