Whereas consenting to proceed the dedication that each side should not fireplace a single shot or provoke any aggressive and inimical motion, India and Pakistan on Monday (Could 12, 2025) agreed that each side “contemplate fast measures to make sure troop discount” from the borders and ahead areas, the Military stated.
This was agreed through the talks between the Administrators-Common of Army Operations (DGMOs) of the 2 international locations that had been held on the established hotline at 5 p.m. “Points associated to persevering with the dedication that each side should not fireplace a single shot or provoke any aggressive and inimical motion in opposition to one another had been mentioned,” the Military stated.
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This successfully takes ahead the understanding reached between the DGMOs on Could 10 to cease all firing and all army exercise that got here into impact at 5 p.m. later that day. Whereas that was violated by Pakistan inside few hours, weapons fell silent and the skies remained devoid of drones on Sunday (Could 11, 2025) night time, the Military confirmed.
Earlier within the day, Air Marshal A.Ok. Bharti, Director Common of Air Operations (DGAO), underscored that “regardless of some minor injury incurred throughout Operation Sindoor, all our army bases and methods proceed to stay absolutely operational, and able to undertake any additional missions, ought to the necessity so come up.”
The three Administrators Common (Operations) underscored how the nation’s Air Defence (AD) grid functioned seamlessly to shoot down the waves and waves of incoming drones, loitering munitions and missiles launched by Pakistan between Could 7 and 10. “I wish to spotlight once more that in each single area that Operation Sindoor has been prosecuted, there was whole synergy between the three Providers,” famous Lt. Gen. Rajiv Ghai, Director Common Army Operations.
The DG, Naval Operations, Vice Admiral A. N. Pramod, stated their highly effective Service Battle Group (CBG) with formidable offensive functionality was capable of function “with impunity and maintained an uncontested presence” within the space of operations. “Successfully, it compelled the Pakistani air parts to stay bottled up near the Makaran coast, denying any alternative to be a menace in maritime house.”
Air Marshal Bharti delved into how the Indian armed forces managed to minimise the injury to each civilian and army infrastructure within the nation, regardless of the unrelenting efforts by the Pakistani forces. On this regard, noting that whereas a lot has been stated and written concerning the newer methods, the DGAO highlighted the efficiency and efficacy demonstrated by even the older and battle-proven AD weapons such because the Pechora, OSA-AK and the L-70, Zu 23 mm and Schilka weapons in countering the Pakistani menace vectors within the present operations.
One other spotlight has been the stellar efficiency of indigenous AD weapons such because the Akash surface-to-air missile system, he said. “I wish to additionally point out that, placing collectively and operationalisation of this potent AD atmosphere has been potential over the past decade, attributable to unwavering budgetary and coverage assist supplied by the federal government in buying state-of-the artwork gear and weapon methods,” he stated.
Maritime surveillance
Additional on the Navy’s position, Vice Admiral Pramod stated that within the present stand-off, the presence of the plane service with giant variety of Mig-29K fighters and air-borne early warning helicopters “prevented any suspicious or hostile plane to shut the CBG inside a number of hundred km.”
“Over the previous few years, and most significantly instantly after the cowardly incident by Pakistan-sponsored terrorist assault at Pahalgam, we had validated our anti-missile and anti-aircraft defence functionality in a fancy menace atmosphere utilizing a cross-platform cooperative mechanism,” the officer stated. “The Indian Navy maintains a reputable functionality to detect, determine and neutralise any aerial platforms that threaten our models at sea,” he added.
Printed – Could 12, 2025 10:25 pm IST
