‘Aur maarna tha, but…’: IAF Air Chief Marshal on why Operation Sindoor strikes against Pakistan were stopped
“People fell into their egos in this war… When we reached our goal, we should call all the windows of the opportunity to stop… Aur Maarna Tha ‘he said. But can we continue to be in war?
According to him, the damage scale obtained in less than four days sought Pakistan an output. “In the war of 80 to 90 hours, we were able to get so much damage that they would make more payment if they continued. So they came forward and sent a message that they wanted to talk about to our DGMO. This was accepted on us.”
Killing from the largest recorded surface
Singh confirmed the integer of the Pakistani plane, which was lost for the first time in the operation.
“We have at least five fighters killing and a big plane, which was handled at a distance of about 300 kilometers.
Key Strikes at Pakistan Air Base
Singh announced in detail the 7 May strike targeting multiple Pakistani airports and command centers. “Şahbaz Jacobabad Airport, one of the great airports attacked. Hangar half of the hangar went. And I’m sure we got a plane like at least two commands, at least two commands. Radars, some are large, some are small… This AEW & C Hangar and a few AEW & C in the maintenance of a few AEW & C in the maintenance. He was accepted as a valuable goal. “Sargodha, we grew up in our Air Force, we dreamed of such days, we will have the chance to go there one day.
Bahawalpur and ‘Balakot’s Ghost’
IAF also shot Bawalpur, the center of the Jaish-e-Mohammed group. Singh offered sensitive damage and then presented satellite images. “There are almost no guarantee here… adjacent buildings are quite robust… We have pictures not only satellite pictures, but also from local media.”
He compared with Balakot in 2019, thinking about previous operations. “We could not get anything from the inside in Balakot, and unfortunately it became a big problem trying to tell our people about what we could achieve. There was intelligence about what happened inside, human intelligence, we had a great damage, there was too much scary.
S-400 Air Defense System and Strategy
Singh praised India’s air defense network, especially the recently induced S-400 system.
“Our air defense systems have done a great job. The S-400 system, which we recently bought, was a game exchanger. The range of this system really kept its aircraft away from their weapons like their long-range shift bombs, because they could not use any of them because they could not penetrate any of them.”
He announced that the rules of participation were clearly determined. “If they attack any of our military installations, then we will respond to the military facilities that are important to them. This point was discussed… He tried to penetrate our defenses of his aircraft. Our air defense systems did a great job. Here, S-400 was a game exchanger.”
According to Singh, the government’s approach was very important for success.
“A main reason for success was the existence of political will. We had very clear instructions. We were not restricted… If there were any restrictions, they had made itself… How much we decided to climb… We had the freedom to plan and execute. Our attacks were calibrated.
