Consider the following statements about Mission Sudarshan Chakra of India:
- It aims to enhance India's air defence, ballistic missile defence and aerial offensive capabilities.
- This Mission is being designed to enhance rapid, precise, and powerful defence responses, reinforcing India's strategic autonomy.
- One of the aims of this Mission is to cover all public places of India by an expanded nationwide security shield by 2035.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct answer: B
Explanation
Mission Sudarshan Chakra, announced by the Prime Minister on Independence Day 2025, aims to build a comprehensive, multi-layered national security shield integrating air defence, ballistic missile defence and offensive aerial capabilities (statement 1 correct), with the objective of rapid, precise and powerful responses to safeguard strategic autonomy (statement 2 correct). The target year publicly stated is 2035, but the Mission's stated coverage is critical strategic, civilian and religious sites — not 'all public places of India' as statement 3 claims, which is an exaggerated rendering. Hence only 1 and 2 are correct. (Early consensus; verify with official UPSC key.)