NEW DELHI: The Indian armed forces on Wednesday executed a meticulously deliberate retaliatory strike, codenamed ‘Operation Sindoor‘, dismantling 9 terrorist camps nestled inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).The operation, carried out in a fast 25-minute window between 1.05 am and 1.30 am at the moment, focused key infrastructure belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and Hizbul Mujahideen.Details of the operation have been unveiled in a press briefing held within the nationwide capital this afternoon, the place international secretary Vikram Misri, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh addressed the nation.What the federal government mentionedForeign secretary asserted that the ‘barbaric’ Pahalgam terror assault that claimed 26 lives aimed to “undermine normalcy returning to Kashmir,” making a agency response crucial.Vikram Misri mentioned that Indian intelligence businesses had been monitoring terrorist actions and raised issues concerning extra terrorist assaults in India.“Our intelligence indicated that further attacks against India are impending. Thus, compulsion, both to deter and prevent and hence earlier this morning, India exercised its right to respond to deter such more cross-border terrorism… Our actions were measured and non-escalatory, proportionate and responsible. They focused on dismantling terrorists’ infrastructure,” he mentioned.What occurred on May 7 from 1:05am-1:30am(*25*)Colonel Sofiya Qureshi offered an in depth breakdown of the focused websites, presenting visible proof of their destruction. The 9 terror camps focused have been:
Wing Commander Vyomika Singh emphasised the strategic rationale behind ‘Operation Sindoor’. “Nine terror camps were targeted and destroyed” in direct retaliation for the Pahalgam assault, she acknowledged. She additional highlighted the in depth terror infrastructure maintained by Pakistan for 3 many years, comprising 21 recruitment and launch pad facilities.“The targets for Operation Sindoor were based on credible intelligence inputs and locations that were so selected to avoid damage to civilian infrastructure and loss of civilian lives,” Wing Commander Singh affirmed.The armed forces employed an array of weaponry, together with SCALP cruise missiles, HAMMER precision-guided bombs, and superior loitering munitions.