Air Marshal AK Bharti on Sunday said that the Indian Air Force achieved their objective during Operation Sindoor and all our pilots are back home.
"Have we achieved our objectives of decimating the terrorist camps, and the answer is a thumping Yes and the results are for the whole world to see. All I can say is that we have achieved our objectives that we selected and all our pilots are back home," he said during the tri-services briefing.
Additionally, Air Marshal AK Bharti said that whatever means IAF chose, it had the desired effects on the enemy targets.
"Whatever methods and whatever means we have chosen, it had the desired effects on the enemy targets. How many casualties? How many injuries? Our aim was not to inflict casualties, but in case there have been, it is for them to count. Our job is to hit the target, not to count the body bags," said Bharti.
"Their planes were prevented from entering inside our border. Definitely, we have downed a few planes. Definitely, there are losses on their side which we have inflicted," he added.
He also said that IAF hit Pakistani air bases, command centers, military infrastructure, air defence systems across the entire Western Front.
The bases we stuck includes Chaklala, Rafiq, Rahim Yar Khan sending a clear message that aggression will not be tolerated, he said.
This was followed by strikes at Sargodha, Bhulari, and Jacobabad...We have the capability to target every system at these bases and more, he mentioned.
Meanwhile, Director General of Military Operations Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai said that Pakistan Army has reportedly lost 35 to 40 personnel in artillery and small arms firing on the Line of Control between between May 7 and 10.
"I mentioned 35-40 on the Line of Control and please remember that once Operation Sindoor was launched, the responses of the Pakistan Army were also on Indian Army or the Indian Armed Forces infrastructure...Our targets were terror-oriented and later, once they launched air intrusions and air operations on our infrastructure, we've used heavier weapons and there would have been casualties, but those are still being assessed," said Ghai.
The DGMO said that over 100 terrorists, including high-value targets like Yusuf Azhar, Abdul Malik Rauf, and Mudasir Ahmed, were neutralized during Operation Sindoor on May 7.
Lt. Gen. Rajiv Ghai said that nine terror targets were identified after thorough deliberation and were struck with precision weapons.
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