- By Abhishek Sheoran
- Sun, 01 Jun 2025 01:57 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Divulging the details of the Operation Sindoor, India’s military action against Pakistan, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Saturday said the Indian Armed Forces penetrated 300 kilometres inside the territory of the neighbouring nation.
“We were able to penetrate air defence as far as 300 km with pinpoint accuracy,” he said while speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
General Chauhan also ruled out the possibility of a nuclear confrontation between India and Pakistan. He said the communication modes were open between the two nations throughout the operation and both sides had a plethora of options to resolve the crisis rather than exploring options for the nuclear war.
“I personally feel that there is a lot of space between conduct of conventional operations and the nuclear threshold,” he said while speaking to Bloomberg TV.
On Pakistan’s claim of downing Indian jets during the hostilities, CDS said the Indian side suffered damages during the initial phase but the loopholes were rectified, adding that Islamabad’s claims of destroying India’s six fighter planes were ‘absolutely incorrect’.
“What is important is not the jet being down, but why they were being downed. What mistakes were made — those are important. Numbers are not important. The good part is that we were able to understand the tactical mistake which we made, remedy it. We rectified tactics and then went back on the 7th, 8th and 10th in large numbers to hit air bases deep inside Pakistan, penetrated all their air defences with impunity, and carried out precision strikes,” he added.
He said India relied on indigenous and foreign weapons during the confrontation.
On the ceasefire, CDS Singh said it was in place but its future depends on Pakistan, warning that India had laid clear ‘red lines’.
