Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan shared fresh details about Operation Sindoor on Saturday — revealing that Indian forces had struck heavily guarded targets 300 kilometers inside the other country. The Indian military also confirmed for the first time that it had suffered some losses in the clash but refuted Pakistani claims about shooting down six Indian warplanes. The CDC also called it “far-fetched” to believe that either country had been close to using nuclear weapons.
“We were able to do precision strikes on heavily air-defended airfields of Pakistan deep 300 kilometers inside, with the precision of a meter,” he told Bloomberg TV on the sidelines of of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
The CDC also highlighted the use of indigenous systems like Akash during the conflict and downplayed Pakistani claims about the effectiveness of weaponry deployed from China and other countries. He also declined to declined to comment on recent US assertions about helped to avert a nuclear war but said it was “far-fetched” to suggest either side was close to using atomic weapons. The White House and President Donald Trump have repeatedly claimed that the POTUS played a key role in negotiating a ceasefire between India and Pakistan — prompting rebuttals from New Delhi.