Director General of Military Operations Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai on Tuesday said the Indian Navy too had sailed into the Arabian sea, waiting to launch a response if the Pakistani side decided to take it any further during Operation Sindoor.
“Indian Navy was also very much in action ladies and gentlemen and this is possibly a fact that is not so well known but the Navy had sailed into the Arabian Sea and when the DGMO spoke now they were very well poised and had the enemy decided to take it any further it could have been catastrophic for them and not only from the sea but from other dimensions as well,” he said.
#WATCH | Delhi | Director General Military Operations Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai says, "The Indian Navy was also in action… The Navy had sailed into the Arabian Sea and when the DGMO spoke, they were very well poised. Had the enemy decided to take it any further, it could have been… pic.twitter.com/lK5dhQkHY6
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He said the Indian Army destroyed 11 Pakistani air bases, including three hangars and four radars.
“We know for sure that one C-130 class of aircraft and one AEW, four to five fighter jets and of course there were assets that were also destroyed in air and we now know that the world’s longest ever ground to air kill at 300 kilometers plus and five of course high-tech fighters. I think the impunity with which these attacks were carried out is what is significant,” the Lieutenant General said.
Talking about the eventual failure of Pakistani efforts to launch an attack post Operation Sindoor, Lt Gen Ghai credited the robust air defence system of India which allowed for the drones to be shot down and thwart the Pakistani action.
“Some of those engagements, retaliation, rockets, drones, I think everything was a dismal failure and I think in large part to the very strong integrated air defense that we could put up a variety and class of drones was utilised in an attempt to cause casualties and damage to men and material but everything was a dismal failure”, he said.
Following Pakistan launching drones on the Indian side, the Indian side also jumped into action, with the Air Force launching an operation on the night of May 8 and May 9.
