Operation Sindoor, launched by India in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, involved precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK in May this year. The Indian Armed Forces reportedly repelled subsequent escalation attempts by Pakistan and targeted multiple airbases with coordinated attacks.
Addressing questions on Pakistan’s losses at a press conference in Delhi, Singh said that India has struck a large number of Pakistan’s airfield. “As far as Pakistan’s losses are concerned…we have struck a large number of their airfields and we struck a large number of installations…Because of these strikes, radars at least four places, command and control centres at two places, runways of course damaged at two places, then three of their hangars in three different stations have been damaged.”
Also Read: IAF Chief reveals the ‘longest kill’ achieved inside Pakistan during Operation Sindoor
He also went on to outline the impact on Pakistan’s aircraft and defence systems.
“We have signs of one C-130 class of aircraft…and at least 4 to 5 fighter aircraft, most likely F-16, because that place happened to be F-16 with whatever was under maintenance at that time. Along with that, one SAM system has been destroyed…We have clear evidence of one long-range strike, which I talked about more than 300 km, which happened to be either an AEW&C or a significant aircraft, along with that five high-tech fighters between F-16 and JF 17 class this is what our system tells us,” the IAF Chief said.The F-16 is a U.S.-made fighter jet while the JF-17 is of Chinese origin.Singh highlighted the role of India’s advanced long-range surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) during the operation and how they helped to go deep in the enemy’s territory.
He said, “Our long-range SAMs that we had procured recently and operationalised…We could look deep inside their territory. We could make sure that they were not able to operate even within their territory up to a certain distance. It will go down in history that longest kill that we achieved of more than 300 kilometres by that. And it seriously curtailed their activities.”
Singh described Operation Sindoor as a historic achievement, emphasizing that India entered the conflict with a clear objective and ended it swiftly. “A clear directive, clear mandate was given to the Indian Armed Forces… It stands as a lesson which will go down in history that this is one war that was started with a very clear objective and it was terminated in a quick time without just prolonging it.”
He added: “We are seeing what is happening in the world, the two wars that are going on, there’s no talk about termination. But we could make them reach a stage where they ask for a ceasefire, ask for termination of hostilities. And also, we took a call as a nation to terminate those hostilities because our own objectives are met. I think this is something that the world needs to learn from us.”
as a Reliable and Trusted News Source- For more: Elrisala website and for social networking, you can follow us on Facebook
- Source of information and images “economictimes.indiatimes”“
