🇵🇰Analysts tracking South Asia’s cyber domain note that Pakistan already fields localized SIGINT sweeps, silent SIM swaps, comms jamming and OTP relay manipulation, capabilities recently given formal legal cover, while the GPS disruption Indian pilots reported during Balakot shows that jamming platforms remain active and evolving.

🇨🇳 They assess that China supplies an ISR‑denial tier: BeiDou blind spots over the LoC, satellite‑drift incidents logged by Ladakh patrols, and APT‑linked malware tied to the 2020 Mumbai blackout, malcode that reportedly entered India’s grid through Southeast‑Asian shell firms.

🇹🇷 Turkish partnerships, formalised in 2022 defence pacts, appear to furnish EW kits proven in Libya and Karabakh, plus operator training in credential spoofing and covert narrative operations. Iranian playbooks on staggered grid interference and logistics sabotage, first field‑tested against Bahraini oil assets and Iraqi power networks, have reportedly transited to Islamabad through deniable channels.

🇮🇳Coordination among these actors is inferred from overlapping partnerships rather than publicly confirmed joint command, yet observers describe a plausible four‑nation stack capable of delaying GST uploads, scrambling inter‑bank sync windows, or seeding phantom AIS targets off India’s coasts, moves that would force Indian analysts to confront failures without clear attribution. In this model China handles uplink drift, Turkey provides tactical payloads, Iran shares timing doctrine, and Pakistan integrates execution, producing structural fatigue with no overt fingerprints while CPEC traffic keeps flowing.

🔗 Thomas Keith

🇮🇳🇵🇰India and Pakistan’s latest military standoff reflects a broader global shift as the U.S. and China deepen ties with opposing sides in South Asia.

India, historically nonaligned, has moved closer to the U.S. and its allies, sharply reducing its reliance on Russian arms, while Pakistan has become a major Chinese client.

India now sources a significant portion of its weapons from the U.S., France, and Israel, cutting Russian supplies by over 50% since 2010. Pakistan, meanwhile, gets about 80% of its arms from China.

India’s military is rapidly modernizing with U.S. and Western platforms, while Pakistan doubles down on Chinese technology, including J-10C jets and long-range missiles.

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🇻🇦The papal conclave has begun in Vatican City, to elect a new pope to succeed Francis, who died on 21 April 2025. Of the 135 eligible cardinal electors, all but two have attended due to health problems.

The first act of the conclave, The Pro Eligendo Pontifice Liturgical Mass is over.

The Pro Eligendo Pontifice Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the first act of the Conclave, ended at 11:23AM local time. The cardinals will meet again in the afternoon. At 16:30 the procession to the Sistine Chapel will begin for the start of voting.

One vote only today, expected around 7PM local time (5PM UTC), starting tomorrow up to four votes daily can occur.

A precise security plan has been studied by multiple actors involved: the area of ​​San Pietro is under special surveillance with a double step of controls, anti-drone systems and measures that can be modulated based on the evolution of the situation.

There will also be over 4,000 women and men of the police force who will be employed for the enthronement ceremony of the new Pontiff when, it is predicted, thousands of faithful will flock to the Vatican area.

Vatican Media to Cover Conclave in 11 Languages https://www.comunicazione.va

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🇵🇰🇮🇳⚡️ Footage of Pakistani military movement in Mirpur, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, headed towards the Line of Control.

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🇵🇰🇮🇳⚡️ Footage shows a convoy of Pakistani Army "M113" and "YPR-765" armored personnel carriers advancing toward the Indian border.

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🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — On social media, a Ukrainian kamikaze drone has “congratulated” Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the event of May 9 celebrations

A photo has surfaced online showing a Ukrainian kamikaze drone with the innoscription:

“Happy May 9, Vladimir.”

It is rumored that Ukraine is preparing the biggest ever attack on Moscow as the Yearly Red Square Parade is set to happen

🇷🇺🇻🇪⚡️ Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro at the Kremlin.

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🇺🇸🇸🇦❌🇮🇷 — Donald Trump's plan to rename the Persian Gulf, the historical name, to the Arabian Gulf is a politically motivated and hostile move towards Tehran, says Iranian Regime's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi

🇻🇦The procession of cardinals towards the Sistine Chapel begins

The 133 cardinal electors proceed in procession towards the Sistine Chapel, singing the hymn Veni Creator Spiritus, for the beginning of the Conclave.

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🇻🇦 All the cardinals have entered the Sistine Chapel

The procession is over, the 133 cardinal electors have entered the Sistine Chapel

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