'Indian Navy had sailed into Arabian Sea...': DGMO Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai's big statement on Operation Sindoor

The DGMO further stated that the Indian Armed Forces destroyed 11 Pakistani air bases, including three hangars and four radars

The Indian Navy had sailed into the Arabian sea and was ready for action when Pakistan reached out for a cessation of hostilities after four days of military conflict in May, Director General of Military Operations Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai said on Tuesday.

India, in May, carried out precision strikes under Operation Sindoor targeted at terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kahsmir. This was in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives.

"The Indian Navy was also very much in action, ladies and gentlemen. And this is possibly a fact that is not so well known that the Navy had sailed into the Arabian Sea, and when the DGMO spoke, they were very well poised," said Ghai at the United Nations Troop Contributing Countries' (UNTCC) Chiefs' Conclave in New Delhi.

The officer further said had Pakistan not backed out, the consequences for the neighbouring country could have been dire.

"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," the military officer added.

The DGMO further stated that the Indian Armed Forces 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," he 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.