India Today's special broadcast reveals details of Operation Sindoor where the Indian Air Force struck 13 Pakistani air bases and military installations in just 23 minutes on May 10th.
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00:00Hello and welcome to an India Today special broadcast.
00:09I'm Gaurav Saabant.
00:11On India First, we get you details of those 23 minutes.
00:1623 minutes was all it took to bring Pakistan to its knees.
00:22India brought Pakistan to its knees in 20 minutes on the 10th of May.
00:2813 Pakistan Air Force bases and military installations were stuck.
00:34In 13, in 23 minutes, Indian Air Force used main in India missiles for these precision strikes.
00:43I want to get you images of the targeting of Raheem Yahr Khan, of Noor Khan, of Sir Bodha.
00:51And over the course of the next half hour, we get you how from Skardu in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir
00:58to Sindh and across Pakistan's Punjab province, 13 Pakistan Air Force bases and radars were struck
01:08by the Indian Air Force in clinical precision strikes.
01:12Till the 9th of May, Pakistan was threatening India, threatening to launch counter-offensives
01:28against India and it did send drones across 36 different cities, 500 plus drones, some made
01:36in China, others made in Turkey, but on the 10th of May, 10th of May will go down in history
01:45as a red letter date.
01:48That's the day that India struck more than 13 Pakistan Air Force bases with clinical precision,
01:55with military precision and so bad that in a matter of hours, 23 minutes, Pakistan did
02:02not even realise what hit it, not just in Skardu in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, but
02:07at Noor Khan, its command and control centre, at Sir Godha or Mushaf, as Pakistan now calls
02:14it, the biggest and the best protected Pakistani air defence systems are there, that was targeted.
02:20Some information that government of India hasn't put out in public just as yet, but open source
02:26investigations and intelligence, not just in India, but across the world are saying India
02:31sent across a very severe message to Pakistan's military terror network and to the leadership.
02:38India called out Pakistan's nuclear bluff and on India, first we get you details how India
02:43did it with military precision, with clinical precision.
02:46I am Gaurav Sawath, we get you those details, but first as always, the headlines on India
02:51first.
03:16What made Pakistan seek a ceasefire?
03:31Clearly a message had been sent to Pakistan, a message not through a hotline, a message through
03:39India's actions when one after the other with clinical precision, the BrahMos supersonic cruise
03:47missile and there's nothing, there is nothing that Pakistan or any of Pakistan's backers have
03:54that can stop a Mark III BrahMos cruise missile.
03:59It moves at the speed of three times the speed of sound, three times.
04:05Nothing can stop it, often nothing can see it.
04:09Not just that, India successfully suppressed the Pakistani Chinese made radars and air defense
04:19systems and how and how some were taken down using those harap kamikaze drones, others were
04:28just suppressed, jammers were used and jammers way inside Indian territory.
04:34Over the course of the next one hour, India today gets you the inside details of Operation
04:39Sindhur.
04:40But first I want you to listen in to Randeer Jaiswal, the spokesperson for Ministry of External
04:44Affairs and he gives out details how on the 9th of May, Pakistan that was threatening India
04:50on the 10th of May, was scrambling, was scrambling for a ceasefire.
04:56Listen in, I'll tell you why.
04:59You will of course appreciate that early on 10th morning, we had mounted an extremely effective
05:06attack on key Pakistani air force bases.
05:10That was the reason they were now willing to stop firing and military action.
05:15Let me be clear, it was the force of Indian arms that compelled Pakistan to stop its firing.
05:27You heard him?
05:29That's a diplomat who is very clearly saying it was the force of the Indian armed forces.
05:36It was the might of the Indian armed forces that struck Pakistan with clinical precision across
05:41the length and breadth of their country and also in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir
05:47in Skardu, which is our territory, illegally in Pakistan's possession.
05:52That's point one.
05:53Skardu was hit.
05:54But then what hurts Pakistan's military terror network and not just Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish
05:59and Mohammed, but also the terrorists in uniform, which is Pakistan armed forces, what hurts
06:04them is when they're hit in Pakistan's Punjab province and they were hit in Pakistan's Punjab
06:10province and I want to get you those details.
06:1213 Pakistan air force bases were targeted, runways were targeted, airfields were targeted,
06:18hangars were targeted, ATCs were targeted.
06:21That's the air traffic controller because once the ATC is down, who will guide the aircraft
06:26going up, coming down?
06:27The radars were targeted.
06:28So their missiles became blind.
06:30The aviation centers were targeted.
06:32The helicopter bases were targeted.
06:34Ammunition sites were targeted.
06:36And I want to get you each and every one of them on this broadcast.
06:40Noor Khan, the Noor Khan or the Chaklala air base in Pakistan.
06:45Mureed, Sukkur, Raheem Yar Khan, Jacobabad, Sir Godha, Rafiki, Bholari, Chunyan.
06:55Watch each and every one on the map.
06:57And I'll explain.
06:59And in a moment from now, my colleague Sandeep Unnithan will also join us and tell us in
07:03detail.
07:04This is Pakistan's heart.
07:07Remember when Prime Minister Narendra Modi said,
07:10There's another significance there.
07:15Pakistan stabbed us in the back like any deceitful terrorist would.
07:20It killed our people.
07:22It killed our civilians.
07:24But India struck military targets and in the heart of Pakistan.
07:29Noor Khan, for example, is their command and control center.
07:32It's Raval Pindi.
07:33It is the seat of power.
07:35Mureed, this is where the drones were launched to target.
07:39Pasroor, this is one of their biggest radars.
07:42Incidentally, the Indian army also had a big role to play here.
07:44Sargodha, the best protected airfield or airbase in Pakistan, targeted both in 1965 and 71.
07:53Pakistan learned some lessons and put four-tiered security system in Sargodha.
07:58Gujarawala, Lahore.
08:01You know, Pakistanis say,
08:03One who hasn't seen Lahore hasn't been born.
08:10The Brahmo supersonic cruise missiles have seen Lahore.
08:13And they've seen more than just Lahore now.
08:16Whether it's in Mureedke or other military installations in Pakistan.
08:20Rafiki, very important airbase of Pakistan.
08:24But this is the heart of Pakistan.
08:27This is, of course, the southern part of Pakistan's Punjab province.
08:31Rahimiya Khan, very crucial airbase of Pakistan.
08:36And Rahimiya Khan also has some radars, as does Sukur.
08:39Jakobabad was a NATO, a base where NATO forces operated during Operation Enduring Freedom.
08:46When they were going into Afghanistan, they were operating out of Jakobabad.
08:51It has the F-16s, it has the JF-17s, Block 2 aircraft.
08:55It also has the Chengdu J-7 fighters of Pakistan.
08:59Pakistan, then Punjab province ends.
09:02The Sindh province starts.
09:04And this is where Bholari, the latest, the newest airbase in Pakistan.
09:09Again, crucial for more than one reason.
09:12It's the Malir Khan contornment in Karachi.
09:15When I tell you about the Malir contornment in Karachi,
09:17this is very, very significant because this is where they have a radar
09:21that can look more than 400 kilometers down Arabian Sea
09:25and into our Rajasthan-Gujarat area.
09:28That was taken down.
09:30So this is how India went with clinical precision.
09:34You heard what the spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs said.
09:39Remember the high-speed missile that Pakistan fired?
09:42That was intercepted.
09:43Then India unleashed the wrath of made-in-India
09:50BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles
09:52and they're fired off the Sukhoi-30 MKIs.
09:56That's the latest information we're getting in.
09:59They jammed all the Pakistani radars.
10:02They jammed the Chinese systems, air defense systems.
10:06These missiles with an extended range have a higher caliber
10:08and they hit with pinpoint accuracy.
10:12I want to take you through each and every site
10:14but first I want to bring in my colleague Sandeep Unnithan
10:17for more on the significance and the importance of targeting
10:21Noor Khan.
10:23BrahMos 3 supersonic cruise missile attack at Noor Khan.
10:27Why is this an absolute game-changer
10:30when it comes to dealing with Pakistan's state-sponsored radical Islamist terror?
10:35Sandeep.
10:36Well, Gaurav, Noor Khan Air Base was earlier called the Chaklala Air Base.
10:41It is literally the most important air base in Pakistan
10:45because of its proximity to GHQ Rawalpindi.
10:48It is the base from where the Pakistani generals fly in and out.
10:52It is a base where all the enablers of the Pakistan Air Force,
10:56primarily their long-range tankers,
10:59which extend the range of their fighter fleets,
11:02they are parked over there, the IL-78s.
11:04But the most important installation over here near Noor Khan Air Base
11:08is the headquarters of the Strategic Plans Division,
11:11which is a military body that oversees Pakistan's nuclear weapons program.
11:17So literally, Chaklala is one of the most sensitive air bases of Pakistan.
11:21There are literally two of them.
11:22There is Chaklala and then there is Sargoda.
11:24But Chaklala is the nerve center where all the generals are.
11:28If General A.C. Munir were to fly out of the country
11:32or flee the country, as the case may be,
11:35he will choose Chaklala Air Base, Noor Khan Air Base to fly out of.
11:40That's where all the VVIP transports are parked.
11:42Very, very, very sensitive air base in Pakistan.
11:46One of the most key air bases in Pakistan.
11:49One of two very key air bases in Pakistan, Gaurav.
11:52All it took, Sandeep, was 23 minutes.
11:5623 minutes to bring a radical Islamist state sponsor of terror
12:00to its knees that had been blackmailing India,
12:04that nuclear blackmail.
12:05And I'll come to Sargoda in just a moment.
12:07So we'll talk about the nuclear aspect in just a moment.
12:09But 23 minutes to bypass all its radars,
12:13all its missiles, all its air defenses,
12:15and take down that country and bring the military
12:18to its knees in Pakistan.
12:20Absolutely, Gaurav.
12:21You know, Pakistan, after the Balakot airstrikes of 2019,
12:25where we struck at the Javatop terror training camp,
12:28Pakistan began to beef up its air defense network.
12:32They have what is called the comprehensive, layered,
12:34integrated air defense network, like our IACCS.
12:38So what they decided to do was to go in for a lot of Chinese radars,
12:42a lot of Chinese missiles.
12:43Now, two key missiles to this are the HQ-9,
12:46which is the Chinese version of the S-300 missile,
12:49and of course the HQ-16, which is the version of the Russian book missile.
12:54So these two radars and missiles were,
12:58they found a very formidable layer of air defense,
13:01which they've built up over the last five or six years,
13:04ground-based air defense systems.
13:06They studied the Russia-Ukraine war and, of course,
13:09the ease with which the Indian Air Force penetrated Pakistani airspace
13:13to attack Balakot.
13:14So this is literally the wall of radars and missiles
13:17that they had built up around all of their air bases
13:21and strategic locations inside Pakistan
13:24to compensate for their lack of strategic depth.
13:27But as you mentioned,
13:28this is what the Indian Air Force penetrated so easily
13:31and targeted all of these sites at will.
13:36I want our viewers to also look at the video
13:39of the destruction at Noor Khan Air Base
13:42because once you see it on graphics,
13:44once you see these harps
13:46and once you see how these systems operate,
13:48you must also see the impact
13:50of that BrahMos supersonic cruise missile
13:54hitting the Noor Khan Air Base.
13:57This is Noor Khan at Rawalpindi
13:59before and after.
14:02Before, oh, nice,
14:04all nice and peaceful Pakistan's seat of power.
14:08Their SPD is here,
14:11which is their nuclear command and control systems,
14:14their structures, their VVIP jets,
14:17fancy jets for their prime minister,
14:19for the army chief, for the president,
14:21for other ministers, all of them parked here.
14:23Mid-air refuelers, C-130s.
14:25So, you know, that's when they think
14:27they're a powerful country.
14:28That is what India did
14:30to take away that feeling
14:32that they are a powerful country.
14:34This strike could have destroyed
14:36this entire airfield,
14:38entire airbase.
14:40If you can fire one,
14:41you can fire two, three, four,
14:43salvo after salvo after salvo.
14:45But the aim was to send across that message
14:48and we spoke to our sources in the government
14:51and we asked them,
14:52you had the opportunity,
14:53why didn't you fight to finish?
14:56They said the aim is
14:57send across that message,
15:00whenever we want,
15:01we can finish.
15:03Right now,
15:04we are just telling you
15:05what our intent is
15:06and what our capabilities are.
15:09This is a new India.
15:11That's the message.
15:12Before, all okay.
15:13after,
15:15it's a strike
15:16at the heart
15:17and the minds
15:18of Pakistani's military terror network.
15:21We can hit you in Mureedke,
15:23we can hit you in Bahawalpur,
15:24we can hit you in Sialkot,
15:26we can hit you in Pakistan-occupied
15:28Jammu and Kashmir,
15:28wherever,
15:29and we can hit the headquarters
15:30of Pakistan Army
15:32or just a couple of kilometers
15:33from there at Noor Khan.
15:35But now,
15:35I also want to tell you,
15:36so the Brahmo supersonic cruise missile
15:38that near simultaneously
15:39also went and hit in Chakwal.
15:41This is the Mureed air base.
15:43This is the primary base
15:44for Pakistan's combat drones.
15:47Remember,
15:48they were sending
15:48all those Chinese
15:49and Turkish drones
15:51to multiple locations
15:52across India.
15:53Sandeep,
15:54the aim of targeting Mureed
15:56and almost simultaneously
15:58where they have their hangers
15:59for that Chinese Chengdu
16:01and Turkish Bayraktar TB2s,
16:04this was, again,
16:06a message,
16:07we can hit your drones
16:08even before you launch them.
16:10Absolutely.
16:11And, you know,
16:11the messaging over here
16:13is very important.
16:14The fact that they chose
16:15to strike air bases
16:16that had been somehow linked
16:18to those attacks
16:19that Pakistan launched
16:20after our initial
16:21first wave attacks
16:23where we targeted
16:24only terror infrastructure,
16:25after which Pakistan
16:26then launched these attacks
16:27targeting a lot of
16:28our civilian infrastructure,
16:29our cities,
16:30military installations
16:31and the like.
16:31So, a lot of these drones
16:33came from bases like this,
16:34which is what
16:35the Indian Air Force
16:36then struck back
16:37using Brahmo supersonic
16:39cruise missiles,
16:40air-launched
16:41and ground-launched versions.
16:42Now, the air-launched version,
16:44Gaurav,
16:44as you've seen,
16:45is a phenomenal
16:47force multiplier.
16:49India does not have
16:49strategic bombers,
16:51but it does have
16:52the Sukhoi-30 MKI
16:53with air-launched
16:55Brahmo's missiles.
16:56The missile has a range
16:58of, we are told,
17:00in excess of 500 kilometers.
17:01The actual range
17:02is classified,
17:03but it's over 500 kilometers.
17:05We have two squadrons
17:06of Su-30s
17:07which are equipped
17:08to fire and launch
17:09these Brahmo's
17:10air-to-ground munitions.
17:12So, that is what
17:12was used in these,
17:14in this 23-minute rampage
17:16across Pakistan,
17:18Gaurav.
17:18Sending a very,
17:19you know,
17:19very specific,
17:20very precise message
17:22to Pakistan
17:23that no site,
17:24no base,
17:24no airfield,
17:26no radar site
17:26in Pakistan is safe.
17:28It is the most,
17:29it is the biggest
17:31use of coercive
17:33air power
17:33post-1971.
17:36That's that Sukhoi-30 MKI
17:39that's just taken off.
17:41It's a beautiful machine
17:43is what fighter pilots
17:44tell us.
17:45They tell us
17:46that this
17:47twin-engine beast
17:49is capable
17:50of taking more than
17:52eight tons.
17:54Imagine,
17:54eight tons
17:56of weapons.
17:57It has
17:58hard points
18:00under either wing
18:02not just to take
18:04eight tons of weapons
18:05but
18:06with its
18:07mid-air refueler
18:08and Sandeep,
18:09before I come to
18:10tell our viewers
18:11about other air bases
18:13and the significance
18:14of striking them,
18:15with its
18:16mid-air refuelers
18:17and that's that
18:18supersonic cruise missile
18:19once it's fired,
18:21air-launched
18:22Brahmos
18:22once it's fired,
18:24nobody,
18:25not the Chinese,
18:27not the Pakistanis,
18:29nor their Turkish
18:30uncles have anything
18:31that can stop a missile
18:33going three times
18:34the speed of sound.
18:35Absolutely,
18:36Gaurav.
18:36You know,
18:37I mean,
18:37look at it,
18:38the ease with which
18:39the Pakistani air defenses
18:41were penetrated,
18:42their complete layered
18:43integrated air defense
18:44missiles and radars,
18:46all of it Chinese built
18:47and supplied.
18:49They just watched
18:50helplessly as those
18:51missiles just
18:52streak through their
18:53airspace and hit
18:54their targets precisely.
18:55So,
18:56whoever's been,
18:57you know,
18:58singing praises
18:59of Chinese equipment,
19:00I think this is,
19:01this is a big wake-up call
19:03for the Chinese
19:04AD systems.
19:05Everybody's been
19:05looking at it
19:06very carefully.
19:07The ease with which
19:08India's Brahmos
19:10equipped Sukhois
19:12have literally
19:13punched holes
19:13through Chinese
19:15built AD radars
19:16and missiles
19:17and struck their
19:18targets through
19:18the length
19:19and breadth
19:19of Pakistan.
19:20I think the Chinese
19:21will be horrified
19:22with what is going
19:23on right now,
19:25Gaurav,
19:25because this is
19:26the kind of battle
19:27that they expect
19:28to see with the
19:29Americans
19:29in East Asia
19:31over Taiwan,
19:32for instance,
19:32and the American
19:33Air Force also
19:34would be looking
19:34very closely
19:35at these engagements,
19:37Gaurav,
19:37because this actually
19:38tells them
19:39the weaknesses,
19:40the vulnerability
19:41of Chinese missiles
19:42and air defense
19:44networks.
19:44The fact that
19:45you have air-to-ground
19:46supersonic munitions,
19:47nothing can stop you.
19:49Except,
19:50of course,
19:51you know,
19:51the only caveat
19:52I'm adding here,
19:53and in a lighter way
19:54in Sandeep,
19:55unless the Chinese
19:57have sold
19:57absolute duds,
19:59you know,
19:59the Chinese,
20:00as they say,
20:01have a Category A
20:02material,
20:02a Category B
20:03material,
20:03and a Category C
20:04material.
20:04Category A
20:05is given to
20:06those who pay,
20:07Category B
20:08is given to
20:08those who pay
20:09less,
20:09Category C
20:10is given to
20:11Pakistanis.
20:12So,
20:12unless all the
20:13missiles that
20:14they've given
20:14to the Pakistanis
20:15are Category C,
20:17including,
20:17you know,
20:18the air defense
20:18system,
20:19now I want to
20:19come to
20:20Rahim Yar Khan,
20:21which was hit
20:21almost simultaneously.
20:24I want to
20:24come for a moment
20:25to Rahim Yar
20:26Khan,
20:26because this is
20:27a forward
20:29operational base
20:30of Pakistan's
20:31Central Command.
20:33Rahim Yar
20:33Khan is,
20:34again,
20:35very,
20:35very significant.
20:37Not very far
20:38from the Indian
20:39border.
20:40They have some
20:40radars that can
20:41look deep inside.
20:43They have military
20:44hardware there.
20:46You know,
20:46the Pakistan Air Force
20:47base at Rahim Yar
20:48Khan,
20:49it has missiles,
20:51it has drones,
20:53and it has fighters.
20:54It's a dangerous
20:55air base,
20:56but India,
20:57systematically,
20:58so from Pakistan
20:58occupied Jammu Kashmir,
21:00what Pakistan calls
21:01its so-called
21:01northern areas
21:02in Skardu,
21:04which is opposite
21:05Leh,
21:05as far as
21:06we are concerned,
21:07now Rahim Yar
21:08before and
21:10after a hole
21:12punched right
21:13in the middle,
21:14in the heart
21:15of that runway,
21:16making it
21:17unusable.
21:18Unusable,
21:19Sandeep.
21:20Absolutely,
21:20Gaurav.
21:21You know,
21:21that hole is
21:22such a telltale
21:23sign of the
21:25weapon that was
21:26used to create
21:27that hole,
21:27which is a
21:28Brahmos Mk3
21:29in steep dive
21:31mode,
21:32and it's just
21:32gone right
21:33through the runway,
21:34as you can see,
21:35puncturing it,
21:36rendering it useless,
21:37and that's what
21:38the Brahmos really
21:39does,
21:39it flies at
21:40Mk3 and then
21:41it dives,
21:42it does that
21:42death dive,
21:43hits with
21:44absolute pinpoint
21:45accuracy,
21:46and let me give
21:46your viewers an
21:47idea of how
21:48accurate the
21:49Brahmos is,
21:50you know,
21:51Gaurav.
21:51I've been tracking
21:52this missile for
21:5220 years,
21:53it entered service
21:54first with the
21:55Indian Navy in
21:552005,
21:57on board the
21:57INS Rajput,
21:58it's 20 years now,
21:59they're modifying it
22:00of course for the
22:01Brahmos NG,
22:02but this Brahmos
22:03missile has a
22:04circular error
22:05probable of
22:06one meter,
22:07which means it's
22:08a little bigger
22:09than a window,
22:09it can fly in
22:10through a window,
22:11if you punch in
22:12the coordinates,
22:12it can go in
22:13through a window,
22:14it can go through
22:14two football goal
22:16posts,
22:16this is not a
22:17Tomahawk missile
22:18which is a
22:18subsonic missile,
22:19this is a
22:20missile that is
22:20flying at three
22:22times the speed
22:22of sound,
22:23you can program
22:24it to hit
22:24precisely where
22:25you want it
22:26to hit,
22:27you can hit
22:27the runway,
22:29you can hit
22:29associated allied
22:30facilities,
22:31the terminals,
22:32bases,
22:33depots,
22:34whatever you want,
22:34so it is a
22:35dream for any
22:36air-to-ground
22:37munitions guy
22:38and I think the
22:39Sukhoi's got a
22:40I mean we have
22:41to hear it for
22:42them,
22:43they've been in
22:43service for so
22:44long,
22:44more than 20
22:45years,
22:45the Sukhoi 30
22:46MKIs,
22:47they've got a
22:48fair share of
22:48criticism,
22:49especially after
22:50Balakot,
22:50but I think they
22:51have really,
22:52you know,
22:53shown in this
22:54operation,
22:56the final phase
22:57of Op Sindhu,
22:58how they are
22:59devastatingly effective
23:00when it comes to
23:01air-to-ground
23:02campaigns.
23:03So just a little
23:04caveat,
23:04a crucial phase
23:06of Operation
23:06Sindhu,
23:07because you
23:07never know
23:08that operation
23:09may still be
23:09on if Pakistan
23:10still doesn't
23:10wake up,
23:11because it's
23:12so addicted to
23:13terror,
23:13despite taking
23:14this big hit,
23:15it's sort of
23:15ceasefire,
23:17will it take
23:17action against
23:19terrorists,
23:21unless it
23:21abjures terror
23:22completely,
23:24destroys those
23:25terror camps
23:25aimed at India,
23:26because if it's
23:27going to pay
23:27money to those
23:28terrorists,
23:28and we'll get
23:28that story a
23:29little later in
23:30the broadcast,
23:31Sandeep,
23:31in case they're
23:32paying crores
23:33to terrorists
23:34even now,
23:35clearly they're
23:36only waiting to
23:37rearm and
23:38then relaunch
23:38an attack.
23:39I want to
23:39now come to
23:40one of the
23:40most significant
23:41bases of
23:42Pakistan Air
23:43Force,
23:43I'm saving
23:44Sargoda for
23:45the last.
23:46You know,
23:46as they say,
23:47you save the
23:47best for the
23:48last,
23:48so I'm going
23:49to come to
23:49Sargoda for
23:50a deeper
23:51conversation in
23:52a moment.
23:52For the
23:52moment I
23:53want to
23:53stay on
23:53Shahbaz,
23:55Pakistan Air
23:56Force Base
23:57Shahbaz,
23:58better known
23:59as Jacob
24:00Abad.
24:00Jacob Abad
24:01was a
24:02NATO
24:02operational
24:03base.
24:05Again,
24:06Pakistan's
24:06Punjab
24:07province comes
24:07in the
24:08southern part
24:08of it.
24:09NATO,
24:10during
24:10Afghan
24:11operations,
24:12NATO forces
24:13were operating
24:13out of
24:14Jacob Abad
24:14and that
24:15is why
24:15this has
24:16perhaps some
24:17of the
24:17best
24:17resources
24:18that
24:18Pakistan
24:19Air
24:19Force
24:19has
24:20from
24:20its
24:20F-16s
24:21to
24:22the
24:23Block
24:242s of
24:24JF-17s,
24:25the
24:26AW-139
24:27helicopters,
24:28it has
24:29its
24:29rescue
24:30helicopter
24:31fleet
24:31also here,
24:32it has
24:32some of
24:34its drone
24:34fleets
24:35that are
24:36here,
24:36multiple
24:37hangars,
24:37but targeting
24:38Jacob Abad
24:39was
24:40more than
24:41just
24:41symbolic
24:42Sandeep.
24:42Absolutely,
24:43Gaurav,
24:43you know,
24:43Jacob Abad
24:44is one of
24:44the most
24:45important
24:45bases for
24:46the PAF
24:46because that
24:47is where
24:47they house
24:48their F-16
24:49fleet,
24:49a bulk
24:49of their
24:50fleet
24:50is located
24:50there,
24:51they have
24:52American
24:52US
24:53technicians
24:54on the
24:54ground
24:55and we
24:55are told
24:56through our
24:56sources
24:57that when
24:57an F-16
24:58takes to
24:59the air,
24:59there are
25:00people on
25:00the ground
25:00who are
25:01monitoring
25:01its track
25:02because the
25:03Americans
25:03don't want
25:04the Chinese
25:04to get
25:05hold of
25:05the F-16
25:06and get a
25:06closer look
25:07at that,
25:09Pakistan's
25:10F-16
25:10fleet,
25:11especially
25:11the newer
25:12ones are
25:12closely
25:13monitored by
25:13American
25:14technicians
25:14on the
25:14ground.
25:15So Jacob
25:15Abad,
25:16another big
25:16important
25:17base hit
25:17a message
25:18to not
25:19only Pakistan
25:20but possibly
25:21to other
25:21countries as
25:22well.
25:23Okay,
25:24all strikes
25:25and that's
25:25a big
25:26story that
25:26we are
25:26getting our
25:27viewers here
25:27on India
25:28today,
25:28all strikes
25:29according
25:30to government
25:31were executed
25:33without
25:33loss of
25:35Indian
25:35assets.
25:37That's a
25:37very major
25:38point and
25:39in a
25:39moment we'll
25:40be joined
25:40by India
25:41Today's
25:41Shivani
25:41Sharma who
25:42will get
25:43us more
25:43details,
25:44our defence
25:44correspondent who's
25:45been tracking
25:46every aspect of
25:47the story very
25:48very closely.
25:49All strikes
25:50were executed
25:50without loss of
25:51Indian assets
25:52and that
25:53government sources
25:54are telling India
25:55Today underscores
25:56the effectiveness
25:57not just of
25:59Indian surveillance,
26:00Indian planning,
26:02Indian delivery
26:03systems and the
26:04use of modern
26:05indigenous technology.
26:06So we have
26:07long range
26:08drones,
26:09we have
26:09guided
26:09munition,
26:10we have
26:11ensured that
26:12the strikes
26:13were effective
26:15and if I
26:16miss Sandeep
26:17the use of
26:18the word
26:18politically
26:19calibrated.
26:21This is a
26:22very interesting
26:23choice of
26:24words.
26:24Absolutely
26:25Gaurav,
26:26very interesting
26:27choice of
26:27words indeed
26:28and that
26:29just tells you
26:30that the
26:30political
26:30leadership was
26:31completely in
26:32on this
26:33operation at
26:34every stage.
26:35The Prime
26:35Minister has
26:35obviously given
26:36the forces
26:38full freedom
26:39to execute
26:40their operations
26:41but every
26:42of these
26:43steps,
26:44Gaurav,
26:44loaded with
26:45enormous risk
26:46that only
26:47Prime Minister
26:47Modi could have
26:48taken given
26:49the sensitive
26:49nature of the
26:50fact that you
26:51are targeting
26:52the basis
26:54of a nuclear
26:54armed country.
26:55This has never
26:56been done
26:56in history,
26:57Gaurav.
26:58In the 80
26:58years that
26:59nuclear weapons
26:59have been around,
27:01no nuclear
27:01weapons power,
27:02has attacked
27:03another nuclear
27:04weapons power
27:04using the
27:05air force.
27:06We've held
27:06back in
27:07the Kargil
27:08war,
27:08Prime Minister
27:09Vajpayee
27:09asked the
27:10air force
27:10not to
27:10cross the
27:11line of
27:11control
27:12or the
27:12international
27:13boundary.
27:14There was
27:14the Sino-Soviet
27:16clashes
27:16between the
27:17USSR and
27:17China in
27:181969
27:19over the
27:19Usuri river
27:20but there
27:20again the
27:21air forces
27:21were not
27:22deployed
27:22though it
27:23is believed
27:24that at
27:24some point
27:25the
27:25Soviets
27:27did
27:28contemplate
27:28using
27:28nuclear
27:29weapons
27:29but the
27:30clashes
27:30were resolved
27:31it was a
27:32big
27:32victory
27:32for the
27:32USSR
27:33but again
27:33air forces
27:34were not
27:34used.
27:35This tells
27:35you the
27:36sensitive
27:36nature of
27:37this
27:37operation
27:37the fact
27:38that the
27:39enormous
27:39risk
27:40the risk
27:41of any
27:42miscalculation
27:43it was a
27:43huge
27:44political
27:45risk
27:45and that
27:45is why
27:46the term
27:47political
27:48is so important
27:49is so important
27:50in this
27:50thing that the
27:51political
27:51leadership
27:52was fully
27:53in on all
27:54of the
27:54decisions
27:54that were
27:54made to
27:55escalate
27:56this
27:56operation
27:57through its
27:58third and
27:59fourth stages.
27:59and we saw
28:00those images
28:01of Prime
28:01Minister
28:01Narendra
28:02Modi
28:02being
28:02briefed
28:03by
28:04air
28:04chief
28:04marshal
28:05AP
28:06Singh
28:06and we
28:07have
28:07interacted
28:08with
28:08air
28:08chief
28:08marshal
28:09AP
28:09Singh
28:09he has
28:10a very
28:10gentle
28:11smile
28:11but behind
28:12the
28:12gentle
28:12smile
28:13is a
28:14mind
28:14that's
28:14working
28:1524
28:15into
28:167
28:16in using
28:17all assets
28:18at his
28:18disposal
28:18to send
28:19across
28:19a very
28:20clear
28:20message
28:21and from
28:22what sources
28:23in the
28:23government
28:23are telling
28:24us
28:24last time
28:25when
28:25Balakot
28:26was hit
28:26majority
28:27said
28:27proof
28:28proof
28:28I mean
28:30India's
28:33not even
28:33seeking
28:33to get
28:34proof
28:34of course
28:35there's
28:35satellite
28:35imagery
28:36this time
28:36a lot
28:37was done
28:37to get
28:38proof
28:39and one
28:39of our
28:39sources
28:40in the
28:40air force
28:40in a
28:41lighter
28:41way
28:41was telling
28:42us
28:42that
28:42they'd
28:42even
28:43planned
28:43to
28:43take
28:43some
28:44of
28:44those
28:44people
28:44who
28:44asked
28:44for
28:45proof
28:45tied
28:46to
28:46the
28:47nose
28:47of
28:47the
28:47fighter
28:48jet
28:48so
28:48that
28:48they
28:48could
28:49see
28:49first
28:49hand
28:49what
28:50was
28:50happening
28:50preparations
28:54that's
28:57a very
28:58interesting
28:58statement
28:59that your
29:00sources are
29:00telling you
29:00and what
29:01the government
29:01is saying
29:01all strikes
29:03executed
29:03without
29:04loss of
29:05Indian
29:05assets
29:06that's
29:07very
29:07interesting
29:07effectiveness
29:08of
29:09surveillance
29:09we are
29:09told
29:10and also
29:10sending
29:11across
29:12that
29:12messages
29:12that
29:13strikes
29:14were
29:14highly
29:15effective
29:16and
29:17politically
29:17calibrated
29:19bring us
29:19what this
29:20means
29:21what we
29:23are learning
29:23through
29:23the sources
29:24now
29:24after
29:25Operation
29:26Sindhu
29:26more
29:27than
29:2720%
29:27of
29:28the
29:28air
29:28assets
29:28the
29:29air
29:29four
29:29bases
29:30of
29:30Pakistan
29:30have
29:30already
29:31been
29:31destroyed
29:31in
29:32these
29:32precision
29:32strikes
29:33mind
29:33you
29:33these
29:34were
29:34the
29:34measured
29:34strikes
29:35which
29:35have
29:35already
29:36impacted
29:3620%
29:37of
29:38infrastructure
29:39in
29:39Pakistan
29:39including
29:40the
29:40major
29:40air
29:40bases
29:41we've
29:41been
29:41giving
29:42out
29:42all
29:43the
29:43details
29:43including
29:44the
29:44satellite
29:44pictures
29:45and
29:46this
29:46was
29:46very
29:47effective
29:47and
29:48impactful
29:49attack
29:49by
29:50India
29:50on
29:51Pakistan
29:51and
29:52this
29:52has
29:52been
29:52now
29:53acknowledged
29:53by
29:54a
29:54number
29:54of
29:55experts
29:55throughout
29:55the
29:56world
29:56that
29:56the
29:57kind
29:57of
29:57attack
29:58that
29:58India
29:58has
29:58inflicted
29:59on
29:59Pakistan
30:00the
30:00kind
30:01of
30:01damages
30:02on
30:02the
30:02air
30:02bases
30:03of
30:03Pakistan
30:03have
30:03been
30:04made
30:04the
30:04cratered
30:05runways
30:05we could
30:05see
30:06the
30:06hangers
30:07that
30:07have
30:07been
30:07damaged
30:08the
30:08aircraft
30:09that
30:09have
30:09been
30:09downed
30:10by
30:10India
30:10and
30:11also
30:11the
30:12personnel
30:12loss
30:12that
30:13have
30:13been
30:13now
30:13reported
30:14by
30:14Indian
30:15authorities
30:15the
30:16way
30:16we
30:16jammed
30:17their
30:17GPS
30:18signals
30:18when
30:19their
30:19aircraft
30:20were
30:20close
30:20to
30:20our
30:20boundaries
30:22and
30:22not
30:23only
30:23this
30:23the
30:24air
30:24defense
30:24systems
30:25of
30:25Pakistan
30:25that
30:26were
30:26sleeping
30:26when
30:27India's
30:28operation
30:28Sindhuur
30:29was on
30:29is the
30:30evidence
30:30of
30:31I'm
30:31sorry
30:32was it
30:32sleeping
30:32or was
30:33it
30:33jammed
30:33despite
30:33their
30:34best
30:34efforts
30:34they
30:34could
30:35do
30:35nothing
30:35that's
30:36what
30:36government
30:36is saying
30:37that
30:37it was
30:38jammed
30:39very
30:39effectively
30:40because
30:40Pakistan
30:40was on
30:41its
30:41best
30:41op-alertness
30:42because
30:43they knew
30:43something
30:44was about
30:44to happen
30:45but give
30:45me a
30:45moment
30:45Shivani
30:46I want
30:46to bring
30:46in
30:47Air
30:47Marshal
30:47Sanjeev
30:48Kapoor
30:48former
30:48Director
30:48General
30:49Flight
30:49Safety
30:49who joins
30:50us
30:50on this
30:51broadcast
30:51Air
30:52Marshal
30:52Kapoor
30:53it's
30:54amazing
30:54what the
30:55Indian
30:55Air
30:55Force
30:55was able
30:56to
30:56achieve
30:57but
30:57there's
30:57one
30:57aspect
30:58that I
30:58want
30:58to
30:58come
30:59to
30:59again
30:59it's
31:00a
31:00statement
31:00that's
31:00coming
31:01from
31:01sources
31:01in
31:01the
31:01government
31:02Indian
31:03Air
31:03Force
31:03bypassed
31:04and
31:05jammed
31:06Pakistan's
31:07Chinese
31:07supplied
31:08air
31:08defense
31:08systems
31:09completing
31:10the
31:10mission
31:10in
31:11just
31:1223
31:12minutes
31:13demonstrating
31:14India's
31:15technological
31:16edge
31:16this
31:17actually
31:18is
31:18stuff
31:19movies
31:20are
31:20made
31:20of
31:21in
31:2123
31:22minutes
31:22Pakistan
31:23was
31:24brought
31:24to its
31:24knees
31:25Air
31:25Marshal
31:25Kapoor
31:26and
31:26you
31:26have
31:26a
31:26huge
31:26smile
31:27on
31:27your
31:27face
31:27see
31:29we
31:30don't
31:30prepare
31:31for
31:31this
31:31each
31:32guy
31:32who
31:33dons
31:33a
31:33uniform
31:34looks
31:35that
31:35someday
31:36you'll get
31:36an opportunity
31:37to be a
31:38part of
31:38actual
31:39operations
31:39so
31:40somebody
31:41whose
31:41own
31:41uniform
31:42and
31:42you're
31:42from
31:42the
31:42family
31:43you'll
31:43understand
31:44that
31:44the
31:45whole
31:45fact
31:47I'll
31:47just
31:47take
31:4830
31:48seconds
31:48to
31:48say
31:49that
31:49Arun
31:50Pitch
31:50of
31:501971
31:52don't
31:53go for
31:53JC
31:54course
31:54he fought
31:55with
31:55Hanood
31:56Singh
31:56went and
31:58fought
31:59and got
31:59Parambeer
32:00Chakra
32:00at the
32:00age of
32:0121
32:01years
32:01so
32:02this
32:02passion
32:03so
32:04the same
32:05passion
32:05is running
32:06higher today
32:06in all
32:07Arun
32:08courses
32:08today
32:09you speak
32:09to anybody
32:10it
32:11somehow
32:12sends the
32:13adrenaline
32:13when the
32:14actual
32:14operations
32:15are on
32:15see
32:16exercises
32:16table top
32:17exercises
32:17everything
32:18is
32:18different
32:19did you
32:21know
32:21that you
32:24have the
32:24capabilities
32:25to jam
32:26the entire
32:27Chinese
32:27air defense
32:28system
32:28or take
32:29out some
32:29of its
32:30system
32:30and then
32:30jam
32:31the rest
32:31and then
32:32your
32:32Brahmo
32:32supersonic
32:33cruise
32:33missile
32:33goes in
32:34or
32:34there is
32:35nothing
32:35that they
32:36have
32:36even if
32:36they can
32:36see it
32:37there is
32:37nothing
32:37they can
32:38do
32:38by
32:39appreciation
32:40of the
32:40whole
32:40issue
32:41is that
32:41they
32:42could
32:42never
32:43ever
32:44think
32:44that our
32:45indigenous
32:46components
32:46would be
32:47able to
32:47give this
32:48kind of
32:48results
32:49so this
32:49was a
32:50turning
32:50point
32:50after the
32:51first night
32:51when they
32:52started to
32:53send hundreds
32:54and hundreds
32:55of turkish
32:55drones on
32:568th night
32:579th night
32:58during the
32:59day
32:59missiles
33:00we didn't
33:02have to
33:02use our
33:03S-400s
33:04we could
33:05just take
33:06them out
33:06from our
33:06DRDOC
33:07US
33:08hard kill
33:09soft kill
33:10lasers
33:10and our
33:11own
33:11indigenous
33:12development
33:12the main
33:14thing which
33:15has stood
33:15out in
33:16this is
33:16our
33:16integration
33:17of the
33:18army
33:18weapons
33:19integration
33:20of the
33:20old
33:21weapons
33:21modified
33:22amended
33:23and
33:24integrated
33:24with our
33:25system
33:25some are
33:25Russian
33:26some are
33:26primitive
33:27and hats off
33:28to all the
33:28engineers and
33:29technicians
33:29I am sure
33:30who would have
33:31worked
33:32day in day
33:33out
33:33to maintain
33:34it's like
33:34maintaining a
33:35Maruti or an
33:36ambassador car
33:37and you still
33:38expect it to go
33:39500 kilometers
33:40without any
33:41problem
33:41so the
33:41kind of
33:42yet they
33:42did
33:43yes
33:44yet they
33:45did
33:45Sandeep
33:46Sandeep
33:46M.A.S.H.L.
33:47stay with me
33:48just 23 minutes
33:50on the
33:5010th of May
33:51just 23 minutes
33:53I want to
33:53understand
33:54what happened
33:55between
33:569th of May
33:57and 10th of May
33:58that India
33:59mounted such
34:00a massive
34:01strike
34:02because usually
34:03in anybody's
34:04mindset would be
34:04okay he hits
34:05one base
34:06you will hit
34:06two
34:07he's targeted
34:08you in three
34:08places you will
34:09target him in
34:09four
34:10but to target
34:11him across
34:1213 bases
34:14three radar
34:15stations
34:16and have
34:17your missiles
34:18poised to
34:19hit him in
34:1910 more
34:20well Gaurav
34:21all I can say
34:23is that it is
34:24possibly something
34:25to do with the
34:25fact that Pakistan
34:26launched ballistic
34:27missiles at us
34:28it's a highly
34:30irresponsible act
34:31what they did
34:32deeply provocative
34:33they fired a
34:34Fatah 2 missile
34:35which was
34:36intercepted
34:37fortunately by the
34:38Indian Air Force
34:39near the
34:39Sirsa Air Base
34:40and we believe
34:41that there were
34:42several other
34:43ballistic missiles
34:44that were fired
34:44at Indian
34:45military installations
34:46now one
34:47nuclear armed
34:48country firing
34:49a ballistic
34:49missile at
34:50another nuclear
34:52armed country
34:52it's never
34:52happened again
34:53in the history
34:54of conflict
34:55these are very
34:56very dangerous
34:56and escalatory
34:57moves Gaurav
34:58and the reason
34:59that one
34:59country doesn't
35:00launch
35:00one nuclear
35:01state doesn't
35:02launch at
35:03another nuclear
35:03armed state
35:04is that because
35:05you don't know
35:06what is in the
35:07warhead of that
35:07missile that's
35:08coming at you
35:08it could possibly
35:09be a nuclear
35:10weapon as well
35:11and this is
35:12possibly what
35:12Pakistan was
35:13trying to
35:14indicate
35:15playing on the
35:16minds of our
35:17strategic planners
35:18by firing those
35:19ballistic missiles
35:20and the response
35:22came very quickly
35:23Gaurav
35:23as I was saying
35:24earlier that
35:24our OODA loop
35:26in this case
35:26seems to have
35:27shortened from
35:28days to a
35:30matter of minutes
35:31and that is when
35:32this third phase
35:33of this operation
35:34was launched
35:34the 23 minute
35:35rampage that
35:36the Indian
35:37Air Force
35:37went in
35:38from POK
35:39right down
35:40to Sindh
35:41and Sukkur
35:42and all of
35:42those places
35:43that were hit
35:43they pulled
35:44out their
35:44targeting
35:45books and
35:47let go at
35:48all of these
35:49places
35:49and the
35:51important thing
35:51again Gaurav
35:52is as the
35:53air marshal
35:53was talking
35:54about indigenous
35:54systems
35:55the air
35:56launched
35:56BrahMos
35:57system is
35:57a completely
35:58indigenous
35:59solution
36:00the Russians
36:01do not have
36:02an air
36:02launched
36:02BrahMos
36:03missile
36:03because they
36:04have bombers
36:05they have
36:05strategic bombers
36:06to do all
36:06of that
36:06but the
36:07Indian Air
36:07Force realized
36:08they needed
36:08this capability
36:09they worked
36:10with the
36:10planners at
36:11BrahMos
36:11they designed
36:12this
36:13they strengthened
36:13the undercarriage
36:14and the
36:15airframe of the
36:16Sukhoi 30s
36:17to equip it
36:18to fire a
36:19BrahMos
36:19Sukhoi can carry
36:21one BrahMos
36:22an air launched
36:23BrahMos
36:23and we're told
36:24that the future
36:25variants of the
36:25BrahMos
36:26NG
36:26there would be
36:27five of them
36:28carried on that
36:28because they're
36:29smaller
36:29compactor
36:30deadlier versions
36:31of the BrahMos
36:32so as the
36:33Aymashal was
36:33saying that
36:34when you have
36:34your own systems
36:36when you build
36:36your own systems
36:37when you're truly
36:38Atman Irbar
36:39you can modify
36:40them
36:40you can create
36:42Mark 2s and
36:43Mark 3s and
36:44Mark 4s
36:44it's called
36:44spiral development
36:45absolutely
36:46every developed
36:47country in the
36:47world does that
36:48you have
36:49you start with
36:49a Maruti car
36:50and you end up
36:51with a Mercedes
36:52over two or
36:53three decades
36:54you know those
36:55who are trying to
36:55run down
36:56India's air
36:57operations
36:58Aymashal Kapoor
36:59I mean they
37:01either know
37:02nothing about
37:03air operations
37:03or they hate
37:05India
37:05because the
37:06fact is
37:07this was a
37:08mission that
37:09even the
37:10adversary could
37:11not think that
37:12a mission like
37:12this could be
37:13undertaken
37:13near simultaneous
37:15air strikes
37:16on multiple
37:17air bases
37:18precision strikes
37:19supersonic cruise
37:21missiles
37:21simultaneously
37:22lighting up his
37:24country so to
37:25say and more
37:26on standby to
37:27light him up
37:28even more if
37:29he dared to
37:30respond and
37:31is that the
37:31reason that he
37:32chose a ceasefire
37:34instead of trying
37:35to dare
37:35Naya Bharat
37:37see like we've
37:40been discussing
37:41two three things
37:41have happened
37:42which are
37:43absolutely unique
37:44in this operation
37:45first use of
37:47indigenous absolute
37:49indigenous components
37:50and in certain
37:51equipments the
37:52coding the guidance
37:54systems the
37:55total manufacturing
37:57is indigenous
37:58so first they
37:59were taken by
38:00shock that
38:01second issue if
38:02you see none of
38:04the western
38:04countries or
38:05western media is
38:06appreciated India's
38:07effort because
38:08their own
38:09equipment is with
38:10Pakistanis so
38:11like in
38:12Barakot
38:14Abhinandan
38:15Zerkath had
38:16taken out an
38:17F-16 everybody
38:18saw two
38:19parachutes everybody
38:20saw one F-16
38:21crashing but they
38:23will never accept
38:24that F-16 was
38:25shot down by a
38:26old 60s
38:28big 21 so
38:29the MRM
38:31component was
38:32shown after
38:33Barakot that
38:34this was not
38:35supposed to be
38:35used against us
38:36but there is no
38:37talk about that
38:38so there is
38:40double standards
38:40and the biggest
38:42market which they
38:43have they don't
38:45want it to go
38:45so they can never
38:46tell the world
38:47that the Russian
38:48and integrated
38:49or Indian
38:50weapons have
38:51you know taken
38:52their western
38:52equipment out
38:53that is first
38:54point if you
38:55recall yesterday
38:56or today the
38:58Chinese stock
39:01exchange the
39:02companies which
39:04are manufacturing
39:04J10s and
39:06PL15s the
39:07stocks have
39:08crashed by
39:099% so the
39:11world is
39:11realizing that
39:13you know these
39:14components if you
39:15have to go and
39:16just take it from
39:16me it's a matter
39:17of time the
39:18Southeast Asian
39:20countries the
39:21African countries
39:22all they are
39:23going to be
39:23lying to India
39:24to take and
39:25buy are made
39:27you know this
39:29is India's
39:30shock and awe
39:31campaign Sandeep
39:32this truly is
39:34India's shock
39:35and awe it's
39:37not just the
39:37Pakistanis who
39:38are shocked the
39:39Chinese are
39:40shocked Turkey
39:41is shocked the
39:42West is shocked
39:43they will not
39:44admit it but
39:45they've been taken
39:46down they've
39:48been taken down
39:49by an Atmanir
39:50Bharat and you
39:51know when Prime
39:51Minister Narendra
39:52Modi Shivani
39:53when Prime
39:54Minister Narendra
39:55Modi insisted
39:56on shock and
39:58insisted on
39:59Atmanir Bharat
40:00Bharat Sandeep
40:00everyone was
40:02saying yeah they
40:03can't do it you
40:04know they'll
40:04probably reinvent
40:05the wheel DRDO
40:06can't do it HAL
40:08can't do it India
40:09can't do it India
40:10has done it and
40:11India has done it
40:12in style and I'm
40:13glad India is
40:15talking about it and
40:16India is talking
40:16about it on India
40:18today absolutely
40:19Gaurav you know
40:20what you're seeing
40:21here is the you
40:23know the convergence
40:24of very two two
40:25very important
40:26things one is the
40:27political leadership
40:29that understands the
40:30application of
40:31coercive air power
40:32now Prime Minister
40:33Modi authorized the
40:34Balakot airstrikes
40:35in 2019 and in
40:372020 you remember
40:38Gaurav when the
40:38Chinese mobilized
40:39against us in
40:40Ladakh the first
40:42force to land up
40:43over there was the
40:43Indian Air Force
40:44yes India was not
40:45going to make the
40:46mistake that it did
40:47in 1962 of not
40:48deploying the Indian
40:49Air Force and I
40:50was there on the
40:50ground Gaurav and I
40:51can't tell you the
40:52kind of pride I
40:53felt when I saw the
40:54Mirages and the
40:55Su-30s landing in
40:56that layer base and
40:57they literally created
40:58a wall of aircraft
40:59over there so this
41:01is one thing Gaurav
41:02the you know the
41:04the fact that you
41:05understand the use
41:06of coercive air
41:07power and the
41:08second is that you
41:09understand the fact
41:09that you cannot secure
41:11your country with
41:12borrowed weapons you
41:13cannot buy your own
41:14security you have to
41:16build your own
41:16security and that is
41:17what really Aatmanilbar
41:19Bharat stands for and
41:20that is a program that
41:21is five years old and
41:22I'm sure given the
41:24kind of performance of
41:25Indian indigenous
41:26systems that were
41:28built developed
41:29indigenously we are
41:30only going to see more
41:31of this Gaurav.
41:32Oh absolutely you
41:33know you're absolutely
41:34right about 2020 at the
41:36height of Galwan's
41:37standoff when I was
41:37reporting from
41:38Dolatbeg Oldi and
41:40this is where army
41:41was giving access to
41:42no one to get to
41:44DBO that's the
41:45highest point where
41:46we are at the
41:47Karakoram ranges it's
41:49the highest advanced
41:50landing ground that
41:51landing ground was
41:52being activated that
41:54is how India Air
41:56Marshal Kapoor
41:56understands the
41:58employment of air
41:59power and coercive
42:01air power we study
42:02about Ottawa and
42:03Bismarck's gunboat
42:04diplomacy they'll
42:05probably study about
42:06India's air power and
42:08coercive diplomacy to
42:10bring a terror state to
42:11heel that will take
42:12time I agree with you
42:14I mean it's it's not
42:14an exaggeration but I
42:16mean it may seem like
42:17that to some but
42:18India's air power will
42:20be a game changer in
42:21the years ahead
42:22Air Marshal Kapoor
42:23won't it?
42:24Yes absolutely and I
42:26covered I think so on
42:27your channel in the
42:28coming decades this
42:29operation of early
42:30V hours of 10th May
42:32would be a chapter in
42:33air power books in the
42:34coming decades that
42:36never ever in this
42:37time in this time
42:38frame has an
42:40operation of this
42:40magnitude being
42:41lost with such
42:43decisive results it
42:45is absolutely
42:46absolutely phenomenal
42:48what our team did
42:50on that morning and
42:52of your program I
42:54was covering everything
42:55is fine they lost
42:56some aircrafts here
42:58some ammunition
42:58dumps some radar
43:00here and there and
43:02drone storage area but
43:04in my appreciation the
43:06thing which impacted
43:07them the most was the
43:09strike over Noor
43:09Khan Chaklala
43:10address yes now this
43:13has rattled them to an
43:15extent in my
43:16appreciation that they
43:17in their wildest dreams
43:18would not have expected
43:20that we have reached
43:21close to GHQ we have
43:22reached close to
43:23Kahouta nuclear reactor
43:24we've reached close to
43:25Islamabad we've reached
43:27with the Pakistan AFOs
43:30Academy is located in
43:31Chaklala and their VDIP
43:33aircraft their AVAX the
43:34C-130 the railway
43:36refuelers they're all
43:37parked there and once we
43:39hit that thing and
43:40informally I was reading
43:42somewhere that the
43:43bunkers the underground
43:45basements where is where
43:46the leadership of
43:48Pakistani military
43:48immediately went because
43:50they didn't know where
43:51the next strike would
43:52come so this would have
43:54made them you know think
43:5610 times before taking
43:57the next step and I'm
43:59sure the decision would
44:01have been taken at their
44:02end when the DGMO called
44:03up our DGMO to stop
44:05hostilities and the next
44:07point is the next point
44:09which I wish to convey
44:10through your that the
44:13handling of situation
44:14after the ceasefire was
44:16asked our leadership has
44:18termed it as secession of
44:20hostilities there's a
44:21difference in ceasefire and
44:23there's a difference in the
44:24word of secession of
44:25hostilities but the US
44:27leadership went ahead and
44:30tweeted now in my
44:31appreciation this was
44:33totally you know undone
44:35because a head of state
44:37of some other country
44:38should not be tweeting
44:40before these two countries
44:41themselves have come out
44:42openly neither was any
44:44statement made or this
44:45thing no because that's
44:47probably because he's
44:48feeling very left out you
44:49know Donald Trump when he
44:51came to power he said I'm
44:52a peacemaker I'll have a
44:54deal between Russia and
44:55Ukraine no deal between
44:56Russia and Ukraine he said
44:57I'll have a deal between
44:58Israel and Hamas and Iran
45:00will will back down no deal
45:02between Israel and Hamas so
45:04he thinks this is a low
45:05hanging fruit he probably
45:06didn't bank on Prime
45:07Minister Narendra Modi very
45:09clearly keeping India first
45:11India first and Indian
45:12interests supreme and that
45:14is why he'll probably
45:15realize Donald Trump will
45:17also realize that when
45:18India fights a war with
45:20made in India weapons to
45:21send out a message to a
45:24state sponsor of radical
45:25Islamist terror it is India
45:26that decides when there is
45:28a pause button when there
45:30is a ceasefire and when
45:32that terror state has to be
45:34sent another message because
45:35remember there are other
45:36weapons in India's arsenal
45:38including the Indus waters
45:40treaty and then all our
45:42fighter jets our navy our
45:43army they're still on
45:44standby air Marshal Kapoor for
45:46joining me here in India
45:47today and Sandeep Unitan many
45:48thanks I will get you that
45:51story on India's sea power
45:53on the other side of a very
45:55quick break remember at
45:57Adampur Air Base the
45:58Prime Minister very clearly
45:59said we are the land of
46:02Gautam Buddha but we are
46:03also the land of Guru Gobind
46:05Singh that story and lots of
46:06coming up stay with us
46:08we've talked about India's
46:13military power we've talked
46:14about India's air power but
46:16we also have to talk about
46:18India's naval power because
46:20Pakistan also fears the
46:23Indian Navy and how our sea
46:26hunters India doesn't just
46:28believe in total sea control
46:30India with our superior
46:32submarines also believes in
46:33sea denial to the adversary
46:35and this is where Indian
46:37Navy with the INS Vikrant
46:40carrier battle group not just
46:42the aircraft carrier with its
46:44MiG-29Ks on board but it's
46:47destroyers it's stealth frigates
46:49the guided missile boats the
46:51tankers and of course the
46:53submarines they went and kept
46:56sailing not very far from
46:59Karachi in their crosshairs was
47:01Karachi Pasni or Mara Giovanni all
47:05of Pakistan's boats remember ports
47:07remember all Pakistan has is about
47:091,000 kilometers off its sea coast
47:12most of the ships remain either in
47:15the harbor bottled up in the harbor or
47:17very close to their seas we get you
47:20more on India's naval power
47:23by now the whole world knows how the
47:34Indian Air Force systematically
47:36targeted air bases across Pakistan as
47:40part of Operation Sindur launched to
47:42avenge terror attacks and
47:44what is not widely known is the
47:48Indian Navy's striking display of
47:51total maritime dominance
47:53leading from the front was India's
48:01mighty aircraft carrier INS Vikrant
48:04which played a crucial role in
48:08deterring Pakistan's aerial ambitions
48:11in the Arabian Sea region
48:13with the deployment of the carrier
48:17battle group India was not only
48:19intercepting Pakistan's aerial attacks
48:23but was simultaneously using its
48:25naval power to ensure that Pakistan
48:28kept its aerial assets in defensive
48:31mode INS Vikrant was deployed closest to
48:35Pakistani naval assets during this
48:38operation and the multiple operational
48:41positions reflected the tempo and
48:43endurance of Indian Navy INS Vikrant is
48:50India's most potent warship with the
48:52BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles and
48:55MiG 29k fighter jets that can strike deep
48:58inside Pakistan the carrier battle group
49:02is also equipped with the Barack eight
49:05missiles designed to defend against any
49:09incoming aerial threat
49:10INS Vikrant started moving from the
49:17Karwar base towards the battlefront on the
49:2030th of April when India was gearing up for a
49:24response to the Pehalgaam terror attack
49:26the INS Vikrant carrier battle group was
49:30deployed in the Arabian Sea by the 5th of
49:33May a day before India launched
49:36Operation Sindhuur
49:37and over the next four days the carrier
49:43battle group with its submarine destroyers
49:48and frigates moved closer to Pakistan and
49:51remained completely in control of the seas
49:55around Karachi as tensions escalated
49:58between India and Pakistan by the 9th of
50:03May Pakistan was in striking range of the
50:06Indian missiles the carrier battle group
50:09INS Vikrant comprises eight to ten warships
50:12and saw one of the largest real-time
50:15operational deployments outside of peacetime
50:19drills in 1971 the Indian Navy deployed six
50:24warships to target Karachi
50:28during Operation Sindhuur this number rose to
50:3236 frontline naval assets including INS
50:36Vikrant carrier battle group signaling a
50:39massive escalation in maritime readiness
50:42India outnumbered the entire fleet of the
50:45Pakistani Navy which currently feels fewer than 30
50:49warships to further mount pressure the Indian Navy deployed
50:53seven destroyers seven stealth frigates missile
50:57boats and half a dozen submarines in an
51:00unprecedented show of strength
51:03Pakistan's Navy ships reportedly remained confined within the Karachi
51:10harbor unable to counter or respond due to the overwhelming presence
51:16readiness and combat preparedness of the Indian Navy Pakistan was repeatedly
51:22compelled to issue nav area of maritime safety warnings fearing an Indian naval strike
51:30with its deterrence and joint readiness demonstrated during Operation Sindhuur India has asserted
51:38our total dominance in the Indian Ocean region from sea control to total sea denial to the adversary
51:47Indian Navy's action is part of the escalation ladder mechanism which we have worked out amongst three services this time if Pakistan dare take any action and Pakistan knows it what we are going to do
52:08Bureau report India today and over the course of the next several days we will get you more inside details of India's Operation Sindhuur that is all I have for you on India first this evening many thanks for watching