Director General Military Operations Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai on Tuesday provided more details on Operation Sindoor, saying the number of posthumous awards given on August 14 by Pakistan suggested more than 100 death on the the Line of Control ( LoC) following cross-order firing during that time.
Ghai, while briefing about Operation Sindoor to Army Chiefs of UN Troops Contributing Nations, showed several before and after images of the locations where India carried out precision strikes. The focus of particularly on Muridke, which he said is the terror hub of Lashkar-e-Taiba. He also revealed images from Bahawalpur.
He also revealed that India hit 11 air bases, damaging eight bases, three hangers and four radars. Ghai added that one C-130 class of aircraft, one AEW and four to five jets were also destroyed in the air.
"So the drones came in in large numbers even after the two DGMOs had spoken... This led us to swing the Indian Air Force into action, and in the precision strikes that they carried out on the night of the 9th and 10th of May, we hit 11 of their air bases... Eight air bases, three hangars and four radars were damaged. Pakistani air assets were destroyed on the ground... One C-130 class of aircraft and one AEW, four to five fighter jets, and there were assets that were also destroyed in the air... We now know that the world's longest ever ground-to-air kill was at 300 kilometres plus and five high-tech fighters. I think the impunity with which these attacks were carried out is what is significant."
Pakistan's unwitting move
Pointing out to an image of a terrorist carrying out funeral prayers in the presence of Pakistani Army officials, Ghai said, "A proscribed terrorist by the United Nations, leading a prayer service for those who had been killed and the who's who from the Pakistan army, no less than the GOC of the four corps himself attending the funeral ceremony, apart from many others that were prominent and were present that day."
Ghai further said that the Pakistan army and its chief were under threat during the duration of the Indian strikes, adding that the Indian Army went after the terrorists and did not intend to escalate the situation unless compelled to.
" There was also cross-border firing by Pakistan immediately once the terror targets were engaged... Pakistanis possibly unwittingly let out their awards list last month on the 14th of August, and the number of posthumous awards that they awarded suggests to us now that their casualties on the LoC were also in excess of 100... Actions were carried out on the LoC and we were prepared for this." Ghai said.
The senior army official also suggested that India was four or five steps ahead of Pakistan and knew when their response would be, adding that the army was prepared for it.
"Often in a lot of exchanges on the media, I've seen some people suggest that we were after terror targets and therefore we were not prepared for the eventualities that would follow (Pakistan attack at the LoC). I think that's very naive. It's almost churlish to suggest that a professional army such as the Indian army would go into this kind of action without preparing for the contingencies. We had wargamed four to five steps ahead, and we knew that the Pakistanis were going to do this. So we went and hit them on the second layer, which is not something that they expected on the LoC. And that's why they had the number of casualties that they did," he said
Ghai further revealed that the Indian Navy had sailed into the Arabian Sea when the DGMOs of the two countries spke and were ready for action.
"The Indian Navy was also in action. The Navy had sailed into the Arabian Sea and when the DGMO spoke, they were very well poised. Had the enemy decided to take it any further, it could have been catastrophic for them and not only from the sea but from other dimensions."
Justice was served
Ghai said that Pahalgam terrorists were also killed and that the victims were served justice.
"The perpetrators of the attack at Pahalgam; it took us 96 days but we did not let them rest. When these three were found and terminated clinically, it seemed as if they were exhausted from running, and they also seemed very malnourished... Often, people can turn around and ask us where they have vanished. But it is sometimes like searching for a needle in a haystack. The Home Minister has spoken about this in the Indian Parliament. They were eliminated, and justice was served," Ghai said.
Ghai, while briefing about Operation Sindoor to Army Chiefs of UN Troops Contributing Nations, showed several before and after images of the locations where India carried out precision strikes. The focus of particularly on Muridke, which he said is the terror hub of Lashkar-e-Taiba. He also revealed images from Bahawalpur.
#WATCH | Delhi | Director General Military Operations Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai says, "So the drones came in in large numbers even after the two DGMOs had spoken... This led us to swing the Indian Air Force into action, and in the precision strikes that they carried out on the night of… pic.twitter.com/XhTdvxaest
— ANI (@ANI) October 14, 2025
He also revealed that India hit 11 air bases, damaging eight bases, three hangers and four radars. Ghai added that one C-130 class of aircraft, one AEW and four to five jets were also destroyed in the air.
"So the drones came in in large numbers even after the two DGMOs had spoken... This led us to swing the Indian Air Force into action, and in the precision strikes that they carried out on the night of the 9th and 10th of May, we hit 11 of their air bases... Eight air bases, three hangars and four radars were damaged. Pakistani air assets were destroyed on the ground... One C-130 class of aircraft and one AEW, four to five fighter jets, and there were assets that were also destroyed in the air... We now know that the world's longest ever ground-to-air kill was at 300 kilometres plus and five high-tech fighters. I think the impunity with which these attacks were carried out is what is significant."
#WATCH | Delhi | Director General Military Operations Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai says, "If we come down to Muridke. This is the terror hub of the Lashkar-e-Taiba. That's the Indian Air Force strike you can see on the screen right on top. The before and after pictures, some high-value… pic.twitter.com/W0H1peEvd8
— ANI (@ANI) October 14, 2025
Pakistan's unwitting move
Pointing out to an image of a terrorist carrying out funeral prayers in the presence of Pakistani Army officials, Ghai said, "A proscribed terrorist by the United Nations, leading a prayer service for those who had been killed and the who's who from the Pakistan army, no less than the GOC of the four corps himself attending the funeral ceremony, apart from many others that were prominent and were present that day."
Ghai further said that the Pakistan army and its chief were under threat during the duration of the Indian strikes, adding that the Indian Army went after the terrorists and did not intend to escalate the situation unless compelled to.
" There was also cross-border firing by Pakistan immediately once the terror targets were engaged... Pakistanis possibly unwittingly let out their awards list last month on the 14th of August, and the number of posthumous awards that they awarded suggests to us now that their casualties on the LoC were also in excess of 100... Actions were carried out on the LoC and we were prepared for this." Ghai said.
The senior army official also suggested that India was four or five steps ahead of Pakistan and knew when their response would be, adding that the army was prepared for it.
"Often in a lot of exchanges on the media, I've seen some people suggest that we were after terror targets and therefore we were not prepared for the eventualities that would follow (Pakistan attack at the LoC). I think that's very naive. It's almost churlish to suggest that a professional army such as the Indian army would go into this kind of action without preparing for the contingencies. We had wargamed four to five steps ahead, and we knew that the Pakistanis were going to do this. So we went and hit them on the second layer, which is not something that they expected on the LoC. And that's why they had the number of casualties that they did," he said
Ghai further revealed that the Indian Navy had sailed into the Arabian Sea when the DGMOs of the two countries spke and were ready for action.
"The Indian Navy was also in action. The Navy had sailed into the Arabian Sea and when the DGMO spoke, they were very well poised. Had the enemy decided to take it any further, it could have been catastrophic for them and not only from the sea but from other dimensions."
Justice was served
Ghai said that Pahalgam terrorists were also killed and that the victims were served justice.
"The perpetrators of the attack at Pahalgam; it took us 96 days but we did not let them rest. When these three were found and terminated clinically, it seemed as if they were exhausted from running, and they also seemed very malnourished... Often, people can turn around and ask us where they have vanished. But it is sometimes like searching for a needle in a haystack. The Home Minister has spoken about this in the Indian Parliament. They were eliminated, and justice was served," Ghai said.
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