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00:00At this moment, what we can tell our viewers with confirmation is that three of these cities,
00:05Kothli, Muzaffarabad and Babalpur, have been hit back.
00:09India has hit back on Pakistani terror infrastructure.
00:14No civilian areas or army complex have been hit in Pakistan.
00:19Shiv continues to be with me at this moment.
00:21Shiv, there will be a heightened sense, you know, as far as India is concerned.
00:26While the Indian army says justice is served, the work, the important work begins now.
00:32Because Pakistan has been, in fact, threatening, has been posturing for Pakistan right now.
00:39It all depends on where we go from here on, on the escalatory ladder.
00:48Very, very correct, Ankit.
00:50These initial moments are going to be the most critical, the most crucial, the most tense.
00:55Because Pakistan, at this point of time, you know, while the world is flooded with images of the Indian missile strikes,
01:02will, in typical playbook fashion, look to impose some kind of a visible retaliation,
01:09whether at the LOC or in some other part of India.
01:13You know, what they choose to try and target is not clear just now.
01:16What we do know is that they've already started flooding in a great deal of misinformation about, you know,
01:22two Indian jets being shot down or the Srinagar base being bombed.
01:27They're using, you know, old footage to suggest, you know, damage has already been caused, etc.
01:33So we've got to be very, very careful at this point of time.
01:36The confirmation coming in from the other side, of course, is that three Pakistani cities in POK have been hit.
01:44Murid K in Pakistani Punjab has also been hit.
01:47There's a confirmation of that, though that has not been named.
01:50Neither of the other cities are named by the Indian side.
01:53We're also getting information, Ankit.
01:55You'll get that breaking piece of information in just a short moment from now.
01:59I've just put it out into the system of the weapons that India very likely used for this attack.
02:04We've got a big level of detail here that the missile strikes were likely carried out by the Indian Air Force.
02:10It was the Indian Army that announced Operation Sindhur.
02:14Very importantly, the Indian Air Force has not put out a statement just yet, Ankit.
02:18So possibly a joint operation by the Indian Army and the Air Force.
02:22But the missiles that were fired into Pakistan from Indian airspace were very likely from the Indian Air Force.
02:29Were they Rafals used?
02:31Given the weapons that we're hearing, which you'll have on your screen as a matter of detail and a breaking story in just a moment from now,
02:38it's very likely that the Rafals were used for this attack, Ankit.
02:41Absolutely. And this is precisely, of course, you know, we know how important it was for India to get the Rafal fighter jets in its arsenal.
02:53And they have been, in fact, put to use most likely as far as this strike is concerned.
02:57As Shiv was talking about the important information that he has put out, you know, ladies and gentlemen,
03:03let me very quickly tell you, Indian missile strikes, as Shiv was saying,
03:07likely from the scalp cruise missiles and hammer standoff, smart bombs.
03:13Shiv, just explain to our viewers a little further, you know, what are these weapons?
03:19How do they, in fact, react?
03:21Because, you know, we have seen that these are very precise targets which have been, in fact, on the, has been hit by Indian Air Force and the Indian Army.
03:32These targets, Ankit, we've also got details.
03:40I'm going to tell you about the weapons that we're hearing have been used.
03:43But I quickly want to read out, you know, of a confirmed confirmation list of the cities that have been struck
03:50and the targets that have been struck in these missile strikes as part of Operation Sindur.
03:54Muridke, Bahawalpur, these are the two headquarters of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Jaish-e-Mohmad.
04:01At least two targets we're hearing from Muzaffarabad, Gulpur, Bimbar, Chakamru, Kotli and a camp near the city of Sialkot.
04:10So, remember, Sialkot and Muridke are in Pakistan, Ankit, and the remaining are in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
04:17Our sources are telling us, and once again, this is a disclaimer, that information coming in is unofficial at this time
04:23until we have a press conference from the Air Force or the Army, which will happen after sunrise today, and we'll be live on that.
04:30But it is very likely, sources indicating that this was an aerial strike.
04:35Except, Ankit, that this time, unlike during the Balakot strikes, Indian Air Force fighters did not need to cross into POK.
04:42They stayed within Indian airspace and launched their weapons.
04:45It is very, very likely, the indications are very, very strong, that India used its Rafale fighters to fire scalp long-range cruise missiles
04:55as well as stand-off precision strike hammer bombs.
04:59These are air-to-surface bombs to conduct these strikes.
05:02Now, you know, which of these weapons struck which target, once again, would be getting into the realm of speculation at this point of time.
05:09But at this time, across those nine places and targets that I've just described, there are videos coming in,
05:16open-source videos by civilians on their mobile phones, flooding the internet.
05:20That's something that Pakistan simply cannot stop.
05:23There will be a great deal of information from their side.
05:26But the one thing they have no control over is a civilian population with access to the internet,
05:31cheap data and a mobile phone, which is a speciality that we have here in our subcontinent.
05:35So, many of those videos already going hugely viral all across social media.
05:41So, Mureed K and Bahawalpur are the two big ones, Ankit.
05:44The remaining ones are also big because of the terror infrastructure.
05:48But Mureed K and Bahawalpur are basically the mothership of Pakistani terror.
05:53The Jaish-e-Mohmad and the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
05:55When we speak about hitting Pakistan terror infrastructure right at its heart,
06:02as Shiv was telling us, Mureed K and Bahawalpur are those two pain points
06:06that is going to, in fact, hit and dismantle at least the Pakistani terror infrastructure.
06:13These are the headquarters of the Pakistan perpetrated terror,
06:17not just against India, but whatever they export all across the globe.
06:21Vishnu Shom has more details as well.
06:23Vishnu, over to you. Go ahead.
06:24Well, there's a little bit of information that we do have in this case,
06:28and I'm also able to pick up from my sources the use of weaponry.
06:31I've been told that the scalp missile is something which was likely used by the Indian Air Force.
06:36Shiv, our source is also indicating that perhaps the hammer was used.
06:40Just in terms of the scalp itself, it's a weapon system
06:42which was integrated with the Rafale aircraft upon delivery.
06:46Rafale fires this.
06:47It's an extremely precise, long-range cruise missile.
06:51It operates of GPS coordinates which are fed into the target.
06:55A variant of this missile has been used in the Ukraine war itself.
06:59It's used to hit targets with extreme precision.
07:02There have been a number of targets which have been hit.
07:05The target package is fairly substantial this time.
07:08The hammer missile, also something which has been integrated certainly into the Rafale,
07:12but it's been tested on other aircraft, including the Tejas as well.
07:16It's something which can rely on GPS, the global positioning system guidance,
07:20or it can be manually guided onto its target as well with a pilot in the loop.
07:25These are both designed to hit targets very, very accurately
07:28and to ensure that there is no collateral damage or minimal collateral damage that does take place.
07:34As she was mentioning, and this is important, unlike in the case of the Balakot attack,
07:41where Indian fighter jets had to cross the line of control in order to attempt to strike the target,
07:48on this particular occasion, the weapon in question, the scalp has arranged to be logged or fired
07:54from Indian territory, and then it proceeds and hits its target.
07:59So, five terror, seven terror attacks, as we've been reporting,
08:02Mureet K. Bawalpur are the big ones, which have always been known as terror centers
08:07of the Pakistani establishment.
08:09These two targets are in Muzaffrabass.
08:11Two targets in Muzaffrabass, Gulpur, Bhimbar, Chakamru, and Kotli also camped near Tiyal Khod.
08:17These are the initial details that we have at this juncture.
08:21There are all sorts of reports and rumors coming in of the nature of the Pakistani counteroffensive.
08:26We aren't getting into that at this stage because we just don't know if it's true.
08:30Irrespective, the Pakistani prime minister has responded,
08:33and he said that Pakistan is looking to sort of respond to this.
08:38And there have been statements which have been made by the Pakistani foreign minister as well,
08:43where they are saying that they've condemned the attack, etc., etc.,
08:47that their sovereignty has been violated,
08:53and that several centers have been struck,
08:56and that they retain the right to hit targets.
09:00Pakistan also said that this was an act of aggression that's caused a great threat to commercial air traffic.
09:05I can tell you that I spotted at least five to six flights over at Pakistan about an hour, hour and a half back,
09:13and these aircraft were forced to divert as well.
09:16I think at this juncture, there are some reports which could be credible,
09:20which suggest that all the Pakistani airspace has been shut off for civilian airspace or civilian flight movement.
09:26Absolutely.
09:26Ankit, that's what I have so far. Go ahead.
09:29Thanks.
09:29As Vishnu was pointing out, I just want to, because, you know, largely,
09:33as we have been speaking about, Pakistan will,
09:36every information that will come from the Pakistani establishment will be rolled into a lot of propaganda.
09:40But one thing that the Pakistani foreign ministry statement does confirm,
09:44as we are breaking it here on NDTV, confirm from our sources within the Indian government,
09:50and everything, ladies and gentlemen, every word that you are seeing on your screens,
09:53every word that we are putting out on air at this moment,
09:56all me and my colleagues, it has all been verified, fact-checked,
10:00and only then is being put out for your information.
10:03One thing has been clear, as we were breaking it,
10:07Mureed K. has been hit.
10:08This has been confirmed now by the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement as well.
10:14Mureed K. in Babalpur and Kortli and Muzaffarabad in Azad Kashmir,
10:20as Pakistan likes to call it, the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir,
10:23have been hit by India.
10:25So we can confirm, Sheev, that the head of the terror snake,
10:32Babalpur, Mureed K., have been hit.
10:36This is as deep as India has hit the terror infrastructure of Pakistan ever.
10:45You know, Babalpur and Mureed K. doesn't get bigger than that, Ankitya.
10:48You know, you're absolutely right.
10:50They are in many ways equivalent of hitting a large Pakistani military establishment,
10:55even though India has made it 100% clear that this was an act of restraint by India,
11:01given the scale of the butchery conducted by Pakistani terror groups.
11:06India has emphasized that this was non-escalatory.
11:09They have emphasized that Pakistani military establishments have not been hit.
11:13But I have to say that hitting Bahawalpur,
11:15the seminaries of Hafiz Mohamed Saeed and Maulana Masood Azar,
11:20it doesn't get bigger than that in terms of high-value targets of the Pakistan military's extension
11:27and its terrorist divisions.
11:29Now, the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Jaish-e-Mohamed are the two principal Pakistani terror groups
11:33that have bled India, targeted India, whether it is 26-11,
11:37whether it is Pathan Court, and most certainly in Pehlgam two weeks ago.
11:41Now, who has suffered damage precisely beyond just these faceless organizations?
11:48But the precise terrorists who have been targeted is not known just yet,
11:51and that's going to be, Ankit, a tantalizing detail.
11:55There's a lot of speculation right now over whether this was a targeted attack
11:59on a location where one of these high-value terrorist masterminds may have been there.
12:05I would be skeptical at this point of time about reporting or confirming any of that
12:09because there is no such information, you know, to suggest that that may be the case,
12:15especially since post-Pehlgam, Pakistan's terrorist playbook would suggest
12:19that any high-value target would be removed from those cities like Bahawalpur and Mureed K
12:25and shifted to, you know, much more officially protected areas like Rawalpindi, Karachi, Islamabad, etc.
12:32So, we don't have a confirmation on that.
12:34It is possible that some high-value targets have been decimated and killed in these missile strikes,
12:40but we will await a confirmation on that.
12:43Here in Srinagar, Ankit, I can also sense a great deal of activity.
12:47We will not be reporting any operational details of aircraft in the air or drones in the air.
12:52I can see a lot of irresponsible reporting by many media talking about helicopter movements, etc.
12:57We won't be doing that here on NDTV.
12:59We will be keeping a very close watch on authentic information as this Operation Sindhu unfolds.
13:06Any word that we put out here on NDTV, as Shiv and all my colleagues have been saying,
13:11will be verified, vetted, fact-checked and only then would be presented to our viewers.
13:16There is important information which is also coming in at this moment.
13:19Confirmation from the Indian Embassy in Washington of the conversation that NSA Doval has had
13:25with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
13:29Ghazali, just take our viewers through the statement which has been put out by the Indian Embassy in Washington.
13:37A very detailed statement, Ankit, which clearly connects Pakistan terror and the Pahlgham attack for the first time,
13:43where it says that India had credible leads, technical inputs, testimony of the survivors
13:48and other evidence pointing towards the clear involvement of Pakistan-based terrorists in the attack.
13:53And it was expected, India says that it was expected that Pakistan would take action against terrorists
13:58and the infrastructure that supports them.
14:00Instead, during the fortnight that has gone by, Pakistan has indulged in denial
14:05and made allegations of false flag operations against India.
14:08And that is why India's actions have been focused and precise.
14:11They were measured, responsible and designed to be non-escalatory in nature.
14:15No Pakistani civilian, economic or military targets have been hit.
14:20Only known terror camps were targeted.
14:22And after the attack, NSA Sri Ajit Doval spoke with US NSA and Secretary of State Marco Rubio
14:29and briefed him on the actions taken.
14:31So a very detailed statement, clearly stating that how for the Pahlgham terror attack,
14:35it was the terrorists who were backed by Pakistan.
14:38And despite alerting Pakistan about their involvement, no clear action was taken.
14:42Rather, Pakistan took to ceasefire violation, which Shiv has been reporting for a fortnight by now.
14:46And that is why India had to retaliate and it didn't target any civilian or military installations.
14:53No civilians were harmed in this attack, but only terror hideouts were hit by this aerial strike.
14:58Let's very quickly recap for our viewers what has happened, ladies and gentlemen.
15:03At this moment, at around 1.44 a.m. this morning, on the morning of 7th May,
15:10India has hit back at Pakistan terror infrastructure.
15:14Nine precision strikes have taken place inside the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
15:20and also at least one city, Babalpur, in Punjab province of Pakistan.
15:25Nine sites have been targeted. There are reports of Mureed K and some other areas also being targeted.
15:32But at this moment, what we can tell our viewers with confirmation is that three of these cities,
15:37Kotli, Muzaffarabad and Babalpur, have been hit back.
15:41India has hit back on Pakistani terror infrastructure.
15:46No civilian areas or army complex have been hit in Pakistan.
15:51Shiv continues to be with me at this moment.
15:54Shiv, there will be a heightened sense, you know, as far as India is concerned.
15:59While the Indian army says justice is served, the work, the important work begins now
16:04because Pakistan has been, in fact, threatening, has been posturing for Pakistan right now.
16:11It all depends on where we go from here on, on the escalatory ladder.
16:16Very, very correct, Ankita.
16:23These initial moments are going to be the most critical, the most crucial, the most tense
16:27because Pakistan at this point of time, you know, while the world is flooded with images of the Indian missile strikes,
16:34will, in typical playbook fashion, look to impose some kind of a visible retaliation,
16:42whether at the LOC or in some other part of India.
16:45You know, what they choose to try and target is not clear just now.
16:49What we do know is that they've already started flooding in a great deal of misinformation
16:53about, you know, two Indian jets being shot down or the Srinagar base being bombed.
17:00They're using, you know, old footage to suggest, you know, damage has already been caused, etc.
17:06So we've got to be very, very careful at this point of time.
17:09The confirmation coming in from the other side, of course, is that three Pakistani cities in POK have been hit.
17:17Mureed K. in Pakistani Punjab has also been hit.
17:20There's a confirmation of that, though that has not been named.
17:23Neither of the other cities are named by the Indian side.
17:26We're also getting information, Ankita.
17:28You'll get that breaking piece of information in just a short moment from now.
17:31I've just put it out into the system of the weapons that India very likely used for this attack.
17:36We've got a big level of detail here that the missile strikes were likely carried out by the Indian Air Force.
17:42It was the Indian army that announced Operation Sindur.
17:46Very importantly, the Indian Air Force has not put out a statement just yet, Ankita.
17:50So possibly a joint operation by the Indian army and the Air Force.
17:54But the missiles that were fired into Pakistan from Indian airspace were very likely from the Indian Air Force.
18:01Were they Rafals used?
18:04Given the weapons that we're hearing, which you'll have on your screen as a matter of detail and a breaking story in just a moment from now.
18:10It's very likely that the Rafals were used for this attack, Ankita.
18:13Absolutely. And this is precisely, of course, you know, we know how important it was for India to get the Rafal fighter jets in its arsenal.
18:25And they have been, in fact, put to use most likely as far as this strike is concerned.
18:30As Shiv was talking about the important information that he has put out, you know, ladies and gentlemen,
18:35let me very quickly tell you, Indian missile strikes, as Shiv was saying,
18:40likely from the scalp cruise missiles and hammers standoff, smart bombs.
18:45Shiv, just explain to our viewers a little further, you know, what are these weapons?
18:52How do they, in fact, react?
18:54Because, you know, we have seen that these are very precise targets which have been, in fact, on the, has been hit by Indian Air Force and the Indian Army.
19:09These targets, Ankita, we've also got details.
19:12I'm going to tell you about the weapons that we're hearing have been used.
19:16But I quickly want to read out, you know, of a confirmed confirmation list of the cities that have been struck
19:22and the targets that have been struck in these missile strikes as part of Operation Sindur.
19:27Muridke, Bahawalpur, these are the two headquarters of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Jaish-e-Mohmad.
19:33At least two targets we're hearing from Muzaffarabad.
19:36Gulpur, Bimbar, Chakamru, Kotli and a camp near the city of Sialkot.
19:42So remember, Sialkot and Muridke are in Pakistan, Ankita, and the remaining are in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
19:50Our sources are telling us, and once again, this is a disclaimer, that information coming in is unofficial at this time
19:56until we have a press conference from the Air Force or the Army, which will happen after sunrise today, and we'll be live on that.
20:02But it is very likely sources indicating that this was an aerial strike.
20:07Except, Ankita, that this time, unlike during the Balakot strikes, Indian Air Force fighters did not need to cross into POK.
20:14They stayed within Indian airspace and launched their weapons.
20:18It is very, very likely, the indications are very, very strong, that India used its Rafale fighters to fire scalp,
20:26long-range cruise missiles, as well as stand-off precision strike hammer bombs.
20:31These are air-to-surface bombs to conduct these strikes.
20:34Now, you know, which of these weapons struck which target, once again, would be getting into the realm of speculation at this point of time.
20:42But at this time, across those nine places and targets that I've just described,
20:46there are videos coming in, open-source videos by civilians on their mobile phones, flooding the Internet.
20:53That's something that Pakistan simply cannot stop.
20:55There will be a great deal of information from their side.
20:58But the one thing they have no control over is a civilian population with access to the Internet, cheap data, and a mobile phone,
21:05which is a speciality that we have here in our subcontinent.
21:08So, many of those videos already going hugely viral all across social media.
21:13So, Mureed K. and Bahawalpur are the two big ones, Ankita.
21:17The remaining ones are also big because of the terror infrastructure.
21:20But Mureed K. and Bahawalpur are basically the mothership of Pakistani terror, the Jaish-e-Mohmad and the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
21:28When we speak about hitting Pakistan terror infrastructure right at its heart,
21:34as Shiv was telling us, Mureed K. and Bahawalpur are those two pain points that is going to, in fact,
21:41hit and dismantle at least the Pakistani terror infrastructure.
21:45These are the headquarters of the Pakistan perpetrated terror, not just against India,
21:50but whatever they export all across the globe.
21:53Vishnu Shom has more details as well.
21:55Vishnu, over to you. Go ahead.
21:58Well, the little bit of information that we do have in this case,
22:00and I'm also able to pick up from my sources the use of weaponry.
22:03I've been told that the scalp missile is something which was likely used by the Indian Air Force.
22:08Shiv, our source is also indicating that perhaps the hammer was used.
22:12Just in terms of the scalp itself, it's a weapon system which was integrated with the Rafal aircraft upon delivery.
22:18Rafal fires this. It's an extremely precise, long-range cruise missile.
22:24It operates of GPS coordinates which are fed into the target.
22:28A variant of this missile has been used in the Ukraine war itself.
22:32It's used to hit targets with extreme precision.
22:35There have been a number of targets which have been hit.
22:38The target package is fairly substantial this time.
22:40The hammer missile, also something which has been integrated, certainly, into the Rafal,
22:45but it's been tested on other aircraft, including the Tejas as well.
22:49It's something which can rely on GPS, global positioning system guidance,
22:53or it can be manually guided onto its target as well with a pilot in the loop.
22:57These are both designed to hit targets very, very accurately,
23:01and to ensure that there is no collateral damage, or minimal collateral damage,
23:05that does take place.
23:06As she was mentioning, and this is important,
23:09unlike in the case of the Balakot attack,
23:13where Indian fighter jets had to cross the line of control
23:16in order to attempt to strike the target,
23:21on this particular occasion, the weapon in question,
23:25the scalp has arranged to be lobbed or fired from Indian territory,
23:29and then it proceeds and hits its target.
23:32So, five terror, seven terror attacks,
23:34as we've been reporting,
23:35Murit K. Bawal, four are the big ones,
23:37which have always been known as terror centers of the Pakistani establishment.
23:42These two targets are in Muzaffrabah.
23:43Two targets in Muzaffrabah,
23:45Gulpur, Bhimbar, Chakamru,
23:48and Kotli also camped near Siyal Khod.
23:50These are the initial details that we have at this juncture.
23:53There are all sorts of reports and rumors coming in
23:55of the nature of the Pakistani counter-offensive.
23:58We aren't getting into that at this stage,
24:00because we just don't know if it's true.
24:02Irrespective, the Pakistani prime minister has responded,
24:05and he said that Pakistan is looking to sort of respond to this.
24:11And there have been statements which have been made
24:12by the Pakistani foreign minister as well,
24:16where they are saying that they've condemned the attack,
24:18et cetera, et cetera, that their sovereignty has been violated,
24:26and that several centers have been struck,
24:29and that they retain the right to hit targets.
24:32Pakistan also said that this was an act of aggression
24:35that caused a great threat to commercial air traffic.
24:38I can tell you that I spotted at least five to six flights
24:42over at Pakistan about an hour, hour and a half back,
24:45and these aircraft were forced to divert as well.
24:49I think at this juncture, there are some reports
24:51which could be credible, which suggest that all
24:53the Pakistani airspace has been shut off for civilian airspace,
24:57for civilian flight movement.
24:58Absolutely.
24:59I think that's what I have so far. Go ahead.
25:01Thanks. As Vishnu was pointing out,
25:03I just want to, because largely, as we have been speaking about,
25:07Pakistan will, every information that will come
25:09from the Pakistani establishment will be rolled
25:11into a lot of propaganda, but one thing
25:13that the Pakistani foreign ministry statement does confirm,
25:17as we are breaking it here on NDTV,
25:19confirmed from our sources within the Indian government,
25:22and everything, ladies and gentlemen,
25:23every word that you are seeing on your screens,
25:25every word that we are putting out on air at this moment,
25:29all me and my colleagues,
25:30it has all been verified, fact-checked,
25:33and only then is being put out for your information.
25:36One thing has been clear, as we were breaking it,
25:40Mureed K. has been hit.
25:41This has been confirmed now by the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs
25:45statement as well.
25:47Mureed K. in Babalpur, and Kottli and Muzaffarabad,
25:51in Azad, Kashmir, as Pakistan likes to call it,
25:54the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir,
25:56have been hit by India.
25:58So, we can confirm, Sheev,
26:00that the head of the terror snake,
26:05Babalpur, Mureed K. have been hit.
26:08This is as deep as India has hit
26:11the terror infrastructure of Pakistan ever.
26:13You know, Babalpur and Mureed K. doesn't get bigger than that,
26:20Ankitya, you know, you're absolutely right.
26:22They are in many ways equivalent of hitting
26:25a large Pakistani military establishment,
26:27even though India has made it 100% clear
26:31that this was an act of restraint by India,
26:33given the scale of the butchery conducted
26:36by Pakistani terror groups.
26:38India has emphasized that this was non-escalatory.
26:41They have emphasized that Pakistani military establishments
26:44have not been hit.
26:45But I have to say that hitting Bahawalpur,
26:48the seminaries of Hafiz Mohammed,