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Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan Reveals The Reason Behind Picking 1 Am Time for Opetation Sindoor Strikes
The first strikes took place between 1-1.30 am on May 7 on nine identified terrorist targets to prevent civilian casualties, he said during an interaction with school children on Operation Sindoor at the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi.
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Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan has said Operation Sindoor heralded a “new kind of warfare”, ensuring that India beat Pakistan decisively in every escalation during the strike.
Unlike traditional warfare, this was fought in land, air, sea, electromagnetic space and cyber domains, where the adversary was seen only through the help of satellite and electronic images or signal intelligence, he said.
The top military officer also said the first strikes during the operation were conducted at 1 am to avoid civilian casualties across the border.
“It was a new kind of warfare… Till now, we have assumed victory in terms of capture of territory, the number of equipment destroyed, or number of prisoners of war you have captured or soldiers you have killed…These were associated with traditional ways of fighting warfare.
“One of the matrices of victory over here is the sophistication of our attack which was demonstrated there… Precision strikes for long-distance targets during the night required special efforts… We beat Pakistan decisively in every escalation during Operation Sindoor,” Gen Chauhan asserted.
The first strikes took place between 1-1.30 am on May 7 on nine identified terrorist targets to prevent civilian casualties, he said during an interaction with school children on Operation Sindoor at the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi.