India launched Operation Sindoor early May 7 and decimated multiple terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK). (Photo: IAF_MCC/X/File)
New Delhi: Less than 50 air-launched weapons fired by India at airbases and radar sites in Pakistan during Operation Sindoor compelled the adversary to “come to the negotiating table”, IAF vice chief Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari said on Friday, terming the Indian military response an example that should be studied by scholars. India launched Operation Sindoor early May 7 and decimated multiple terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK). The operation was carried out to avenge the April 22 terror attacks in Pahalgam, in Jammu and Kashmir.
“We have discussed a lot about the cost-benefit, especially of air power. There is no greater example I think than what we did in Operation Sindoor. Less than 50 weapons can bring the adversary to the talking table…that is an example that needs to be studied and will be studied (by scholars),” Air Marshal Tiwari said, speaking at an interactive session during an aerospace power seminar.
Asserting that Operation Sindoor “still continues”, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said the country’s military preparedness must remain at a “very high” level, round-the-clock and throughout the year.
The CDS also said the military in future will also need “information warriors, technology warriors and scholar warriors”.
And, in an emerging landscape of warfare, a future soldier will need to be a mix of all three “info, tech and scholar warriors”, the CDS said.
The seminar on ‘Aerospace Power: Preserving India’s Sovereignty and Furthering National Interests’ was held under the aegis of the ‘No.4 Warfare and Aerospace Strategy Programme (WASP)’.
The CDS said there are no runners-up in a war, and any military must be constantly alert and maintain a high degree of operational preparedness.
“An example is Operation Sindoor, which still continues. Our preparedness level has to be very high, 24×7, 365 days (a year),” Gen Chauhan said.
India launched Operation Sindoor early May 7 and decimated multiple terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK).
In response, Pakistan launched a barrage of drones and missiles – most of which were intercepted by India’s air defence system.
The military conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours halted after they reached an understanding on the evening of May 10.