India jammed Chinese air defences used by Pakistan

NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force LAF) Jied Pakistan's Chinese supplied air defence (AD) systems to launch a series of precision strikes on terror and military targets Paki Pakistan-ocopied Kastenir (PR) between May 7 and 10 a part of Operation Sindoor, the government said on Wednes

The revelation about the air force crippling Pakistan's air defences came hours after the Cabinet Committee on Securmy beaded by Prime Minister Nar endra Modi, met to review th security dynamics on the west ern border following the May 10 understanding that ended four days of fierce fighting with the neighbouring country

"IAF bypassed and jammel Pakistan's Chinese-supplied AD systems, completing the me sion in jast Just 23 minutes and demonstrating India's trehne logical eder," the information and broadcasting ministry sald on Wednesday Jatiming micans darupring or confusing enemy radar and communications

"23 minutes refers to the time taken by IAF and army-the early hours of May 7 to bomb nine terror camps in Pak tan and Pok, carefully selected based on hard intelligence and their nefarious track record of perpetrating terror activities

"All strikes were executed without lous of lodian assets, underscoring the effectiveness of our surveillance, planning. and delivery rystettis. The use of modern indigenous technology, from long-range drones to guided munitions, made these strikes highly effective and politically calibrated," the I&B statement read.

The CCS meet came two days after the Indian Army director gen eral of military operations Lieuten ant General Rajiv Ghai and his Pakistani counterpart spoke over the hotline to uphold the uneasy truce. Neither side has since fired a single shot, a key condition for the ceasefire, though Pakistan has attempted to violate the ceasefire with some drones sighted over Indian cities on Saturday night and Monday night.

The pre-dawn strikes on May 7 in which at least 100 terrorists were killed-sparked a series of attacks and counterattacks across the western border, involving fighter jets, missiles, armed drones, and fierce artillery and rocket duels.

In one such counterattack on the intervening night of May 9-10, IAF struck targets at 13 airbases and military installations in Rafiqui. Murid, Chaldala, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur, Chunian, Pas rur, Sialkot. Skardu, Sargodha, Jacobabad, Bholari and Malir Cantt in Karachi, marking the worst hit that Pakistan has taken after the 1971 war.

India's offensive strikes targeted key Pakistani air bases, including Nur Khan (Chaklala) and Rahim Yar Khan, with surgical precision, the I&B ministry said. "Loitering munitions were also used to devas tating effect, each finding and destroying high-value targets, including enemy radar and missile systems. the statement added.

The targets hit by IAF included runways, hangars, command and control centres, radar bases, mis sile sites and weapon storage areas. "Operation Sindoor emerged as a calibrated military response to an evolving pattern of asymmetric warfare, one that increasingly tar gets unarmed civilians along with military personnel. India's response was deliberate, precise, and strategic... However, beyond tactical brilliance, what stood out was the seamless integration of indigenous high-tech systems into national defence," the I&B ministry