The Indian Air Force (IAF) forced Pakistan to put the end of hostility within a few hours of a strong counterattack during the Sindoor operation.
Airshal Tiwari at the NDTV defense summit told how accurate strikes using less than 50 weapons 10. May destroyed carefully selected Pakistani military targets and forced Islamabad to call for a conflict.
What triggered the Sindoor operation?
The Sindoor Operation started on 7 May after the terrorist attack of Pahalgam. IAF focused on terrorist infrastructure across the territories controlled by Pakistan. The strikes were initially calibrated to avoid escalation, and India stressed that it did not want to expand the conflict.
“We expected an answer and still left it calibrated and we were only involved in military targets,” said Air Marshal Tiwari. “But when the main attack came at night from 9-10.
How did IAF achieve “complete domination”?
On the morning of May 10, IAF carried out accurate attacks that, according to Tiwari, took key Pakistani positions – some of them remained intact even during the 1971 war.
“I have to tell you that it was crucial for us, that in less than 50 weapons we were able to achieve complete domination. This happened before,” he said.
He described the mission as a “silent confirmation” of the ability of the IAF planners and pilots:
“We have made every number of weapons, and this is a quiet recognition of the ability of our planners and people who have done missions.”
By mid -May 10, Pakistan asked for the end of hostility.
What was different from IAF strikes in Pakistan?
Tiwari explained that IAF used long range vectors for accurate targeting-risky maneuver due to the possibility of damage to the collateral.
“The exact targeting of this extent is very important because it is very risky because the longer the vector, you feel that there is a better chance of collateral (damage),” he said.
“But on the loan of our planners and the loan of the people who carried out missions, we were able to accurately remove every goal. We were able to ensure that there was no damage to the collateral. This is not an easy game.”
Why was this operation significant?
IAF Vice President said that the Sindoor has sent an unmistakable report: India did not seek escalation, but was ready to degrade the abilities of Pakistan if provoked.
“There were goals that were removed that were not even discarded during the 1971 war. This is the type of extent and damage to the abilities we caused to them,” he noted.
He stressed that for success was a teamwork that exceeded the pilots to planners and ground staff:
“Maybe you have a long range vector, but the work that follows that the vector or the weapon hit the goal exactly is actually the effort of the whole team, not just the pilots who fired them. There are a lot of people on the ground.”
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