Operation Sindoor: Fewer than 50 missiles brought Pakistan to its knees: IVF vice chief
Operation Sindoor: Indian army launched Operation Sindoor after the attack in Pahalgam, J&K. After this, now the head of the Northern Command, Lieutenant General Prateek Sharma, on Saturday gave information about how India defeated Pakistan and taught it a lesson during the operation. He said that the Indian Army fired more than 30 thousand cannon and mortar shells across the Line of Control in response to Pakistan's ceasefire violation during May 7-10. Also, more than 3 lakh rounds were fired from small arms.
Air Marshal Tiwari said, these less than 50 air weapons forced Pakistan to appeal for peace and ceasefire.
Victory story of Operation Sindoor
"For every single round fired by Pakistan on India (after the IAF and Army carried out precision strikes on nine terror camps in Pakistan and PoK on May 7), we retaliated with at least three to four rounds," Lt Gen Sharma said. He accused Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir of directly instigating the terrorists and his army before the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, which forced India to launch Operation Sindoor.
50 missiles forced PAK to withdraw
Speaking at a media conference, IAF Vice Chief Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari reiterated that less than 50 aerial weapons fired by India on Pakistan's airbases and radar sites during Operation Sindoor forced them to appeal for peace and ceasefire.
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While biggest lesson for us is that, we end the conflict by using less than 50 weapons on Pakistan. Starting a war is easy, but ending it is not that easy," Air Marshal Tiwari said. They also shared videos and satellite images to show the damage caused to terrorist and military infrastructure in Pakistan.
These attacks were carried out on Pakistan's airbases and radar sites, some of which were located near nuclear installations and near command and control structures.
Less than 50 weapons fired by IAF forced Pakistan to call for ending conflict
Both the officials said that the political directive was clear, to carry out punitive strikes, which cause minimum damage, keep in mind the possibility of the situation deteriorating and create a deterrence message in the mind of the Pakistan Army. For this, the armed forces were given complete operational freedom.
What did they say about Asim Munir?
Lieutenant-General Sharma further said that the Pahalgam massacre happened soon after Munir's provocative speech on April 16, in which he referred to the two-nation theory and described Kashmir as Pakistan's jugular vein. He said, this was a direct provocation not only to the terrorists but also to the Pak army.
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Summary
There was an attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir in the month of April. In this attack, 26 people were killed by terrorists. After the death of unarmed people, India launched Operation Sindoor to teach Pakistan a lesson. The operation was started on May 7. Under this operation, India targeted 9 terrorist hideouts of Pakistan. After this, a ceasefire took place between the two countries on May 10.
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