Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Chief Marshal V. R. Chaudhari on March 27 said that "Balakot-like operations" have shown that given political will, aerospace power can be effectively used beyond enemy lines.
In his address at a seminar on "Aerospace Power in Future Conflicts", he also said that as nations increasingly rely on space-based assets for building strategic advantage, "militarisation and weaponisation of space has become an inevitable reality".