India, Aug. 15 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will be launching the "Sudarshan Chakra Mission", aimed at enhancing the country's security over the next decade.

According to Modi, the mission will integrate advanced surveillance, interception, and counter-attack capabilities to enable swift neutralisation of threats across air, land, and sea domains.

During his Independence Day address from the Red Fort in the national capital, the prime minister also stressed the importance of developing a jet engine domestically for India's fighter aircraft programme, stating that "it is necessary to march ahead in the defence manufacturing sector."

Praising the armed forces for the success of Operation Sindoor, Modi said it had ...