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Operation Sindoor
Air Marshal AK Bharti during press briefing. Photo courtesy: Screen-grab

Military bases, equipment, systems operational, ready for next mission if required: Armed Forces on Operation Sindoor

| @indiablooms | May 12, 2025, at 03:48 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian Armed Forces on Monday cleared its military bases, equipment and systems are "operational" and "ready for next mission if required", hinting at a strong retaliation if Pakistan violates the ceasefire, which was agreed upon on May 10.

Speaking at the Armed Forces' press briefing, Air Marshal AK Bharti hinted at Operation Sindoor's continuation and said, "All military bases, equipment, systems are operational, ready for next mission if required."

Air Marshal Bharti underlined the fact that India's Armed Forces' war was the terrorism unlike Pakistan, which sided with the terrorists.

"Our fight was with terrorists and their support infrastructure and not with the Pakistan military. However, it is a pity that the Pakistani military chose to intervene and bat for terrorists, and hence we chose to respond," Air Marshal Bharti said.

'Turkish drone, Chinese missile failed in front of India's tech'

In a big revelation, the Armed Forces said they had hit the Malir Cantonment in Karachi.

Moreover, the Forces said they had intercepted all drones and targets.

"Whether it is Turkish drone or anything else, it fails in front of our technology," Air Marshal Bharti said.

"The Indian military shows the debris of a likely PL-15 air-to-air missile ... the wreckage of the Turkish-origin YIHA and Songar drones that were shot down by India has also been shown," he added.
"Pl 15 missile is of Chinese origin and it has missed its target," he said

On the nuclear storage target in Kirana Hills as circulating on social media and referred to by a foreign analyst leading to ceasefire and US involvement, Air Marshal Bharti said, "Thank you for telling us that Kirana Hills houses some nuclear installations. We have not hit Kirana Hills (for) whatever is there."

DGMO Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai said at the briefing, "As our precise attacks on the terrorists were made without crossing LoC and international boundary, we speculated that Pakistan would also respond similarly. Accordingly, we had prepared our air defence beforehand.

"The Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems, electronic warfare resources, and air defence weapons included in our inventory were uniquely integrated with similar systems of the Indian Air Force."

India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Saturday announced New Delhi and Islamabad agreed to stop all military actions in a de-escalation of the conflict between the two nuclear power armed nations in the wake of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.

After the Pakistan Army violated the ceasefire agreement, which was brokered by US President Donald Trump, within hours, India issued a stern warning that any such further violation will be met with even harder retaliation.

Misry on Saturday said the Director General Military Operations (DGMO) of Pakistan had dialled his Indian counterpart appealing for a ceasefire.

The Armed Forces on Monday confirmed there has been no ceasefire violation on Sunday night.

The Indian Armed Forces on Sunday said 35-40 Pakistani Army personnel were killed at the Line of Control between May 7 and May 10.

DGMO Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai said: "The Pakistan Army has reported to have lost approximately 35 to 40 personnel in artillery and small arms firing on the Line of Control between 7th and 10th May."

He said 100 terrorists were killed during Operation Sindoor, which was conducted on May 7 across nine terrorist hubs located in PoK and Pakistan.

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