Operation Sindoor heralded new kind of warfare: CDS Gen Chauhan

Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan on Thursday said Operation Sindoor heralded a “new kind of warfare’, ensuring that India beat Pakistan decisively in every escalation during the strike.

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

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.

“Tt 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 satellite images or photos... But also said the first strikes during the operation were conducted at 1 am to avoid civilian casualties across the border

during the night required special efforts... We beat Pakistan decisively in every escalation during Operation Sindoor” Gen Chauhan asserted.