Operation Sindoor: A day after India and Pakistan reached a ‘bilateral understanding’ to halt firing and navy motion on land and in air, Air Marshal AK Bharti on Sunday mentioned Operation Sindoor successfully destroyed terror camps, attaining its goals with precision.
In a press briefing on 11 Might, the Director Basic Navy Operations (DGMOS) of all three providers – the Indian Military, the Indian Navy, and the Indian Air Power – delved into the small print of the ‘measured and non-escalatory’ operation focusing on terror hideouts and coaching camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
The operation was launched in response to the lethal Pahalgam terror assault on 22 April that killed 26 individuals.
6 Might – Mock Drills
The Authorities introduced a national civil defence mock drill to be held on Wednesday. The drills included blackouts, air raid sirens, evacuation protocols, and public consciousness classes to organize civilians for emergencies and wartime conditions.
7 Might – India’s Strikes Again
Dubbed as ‘Operation Sindoor’, India launched a joint navy operation focusing on terror hideouts in Pakistan and PoK. The operation lasted for round 25 minutes, through which 9 targets had been hit.
1:05 a.m. IST: The Indian Air Power commenced “Operation Sindoor” with precision airstrikes in opposition to 9 designated terrorist camps situated inside Pakistan and PoK. This marked the primary Indian strike throughout the worldwide boundary since 1971.
1:05 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. IST: Over roughly 25 minutes, the Indian Air Power efficiently hit all 9 targets, which included coaching services and hideouts in Punjab (Pakistan), Lahore, Bahawalpur, Muridke, and numerous areas in PoK. The strikes had been centered solely on terrorist infrastructure; no Pakistani navy installations had been focused
8 and 9 Might – India neutralises Pakistan’s response
On the evening of 8 Might 2025, at round 8:00 pm, Pakistan launched a large-scale drone and missile assault focusing on a number of cities throughout India, together with Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, and Gujarat.
Based on Indian Military, roughly 500 small drones had been deployed in coordinated swarms, placing 24 cities over a interval of about 210 minutes, till roughly 11:30 pm.
The focused areas included key navy websites in Jammu, Pathankot, Satwari, Samba, Ranbir Singh Pura, and Arnia, in addition to city centres comparable to Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, and Bhatinda in Punjab; Phalodi and Uttarlai in Rajasthan; and Bhuj in Gujarat.
India’s air defence methods, using an array of anti-missile applied sciences such because the L70, ZU-23, Schilka, and Akash, efficiently intercepted and neutralised nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles, stopping injury to important infrastructure and avoiding casualties.
Eight missiles directed at Satwari, Samba, R S Pura, and Arnia had been all intercepted, with Indian officers likening the assault’s nature to a “Hamas-style” rocket barrage.
The Indian Military described the drone strikes as makes an attempt to unfold panic or collect intelligence somewhat than trigger mass destruction, provided that many drones appeared unarmed
These assaults continued till morning, which IAFs countered.
Air Marshal AK Bharti revealed that, “Commencing about 8 PM native time on eighth Might, a number of Pakistani unmanned Aerial Techniques, Drones, Fight autos attacked a number of IAF bases. These included Jammu, Udhampur, Pathankot, Amritsar, Bathinda, Dalhousie, Jaisalmer… these had been virtually simultaneous and so they got here in waves. All our air defence weapons and different methods had been ready for them. All these waves had been neutralised by our educated crew utilizing the air defence methods that they’ve and in addition a few of them had been utilised utilizing our legacy methods like Pechora, IAF SAMAR. There was no injury on floor from these incursions and these mass raids from the Pakistani facet.”
Bharti additionally said, “Whereas the drone assaults had been being launched from someplace nearer to Lahore, the enemy had allowed their civilian plane additionally to proceed to fly out of Lahore, not solely their very own aircrafts but in addition worldwide passenger aircaft which is sort of insensitive and we needed to train excessive warning…”
Including to this, Lieutenant Basic Rajiv Ghai mentioned, as quoted by ANI, “On the evening of 8-9 Might, they (Pakistan) flew drones and plane into our airspace all throughout the borders and made largely unsuccessful makes an attempt to focus on quite a few navy infrastructure. Violations on the LoC by Pakistan additionally commenced but once more and precipitated into fierce arty engagements.”
He added that India responded in a swift, coordinated and calibrated method by placing Pakistan’s Air bases, command facilities, navy infrastructure, air defence methods throughout all the Western Entrance.
“The bases we caught contains Chaklala, Rafiq, Rahim Yar Khan sending a transparent message that aggression is not going to be tolerated. This was adopted by strikes at Sargodha, Bhulari, and Jacobabad…Now we have the potential to focus on each system at these bases and extra,” Air Marshal AK Bharti mentioned.
10 Might
On 10 Might, India and Pakistan skilled a tense and risky day regardless of a newly agreed ceasefire. The ceasefire was imagined to take impact from 5:00 pm IST, following talks between the Administrators Basic of Navy Operations (DGMOs) of each nations.
Nonetheless, Pakistan violated the ceasefire inside hours of its graduation by firing throughout the Line of Management (LoC) within the Akhnoor sector and deploying drones close to the border. Indian forces had been instructed to reply firmly to any additional provocations.
Earlier that day, each nations had engaged in missile strikes focusing on one another’s airbases, marking a big escalation. Pakistan claimed to have focused a number of Indian navy bases, together with Nur Khan, Rafiqi, and Murid Air Power bases, although India said its air defence intercepted these assaults. Explosions had been reported throughout Pakistan, together with in cities comparable to Islamabad, Lahore, and Rawalpindi.
Pakistan formally launched a retaliatory operation named Operation Bunyan al-Marsus on 10 Might, signalling a robust response to India’s earlier strikes (Operation Sindoor). This operation concerned missile and drone assaults on Indian navy installations and civilian areas, and Pakistan reportedly carried out cyberattacks focusing on Indian authorities and navy web sites.
Heavy combating was reported alongside the LoC, with shelling and drone strikes inflicting casualties and injury on either side. Indian officers confirmed that Pakistani strikes focused civilian areas, together with a Hindu temple in Jammu, and concerned a number of armed drones. India responded with precision airstrikes on a number of Pakistani Air Power bases and navy websites, together with Rafiqui, Murid, Chaklala, and Rahim Yar Khan.
11 Might
There was a persistent lull on Sunday, 11 Might after a tense evening.
On ceasefire communication with Pakistan DGMO:
Offering key particulars of communication with the Pakistan DGMO, Lieutenant Basic Rajiv Ghai mentioned, “My communication with the Pak DGMO was carried out at 15:35 hrs yesterday and resulted in cessation of cross-border firing and air intrusions by both facet with impact from 17:00 hrs, tenth of Might, after he proposed that we stop hostilities. We additionally determined to additional converse on the twelfth of Might at 12:00 hrs to debate the modalities that might allow the longevity of this understanding.”
He added, “Nonetheless, disappointingly, expectedly it took solely a few hours for Pakistan Military to violate these preparations by cross border and throughout Line of Management firing adopted by drone intrusions by final evening and within the early hours of as we speak. These violations had been responded to robustly…Now we have earlier as we speak despatched one other hotline message to my counterpart highlighting these violations of the understanding between the DGMOs on tenth of Might and our agency and clear intent to answer these fiercely if repeated tonight, subsequently or later…The Chief of Military Employees has granted full authority to our military commander for counteraction in case of any violation by Pakistan…”
