Has Operation Sindoor ended yet? Here's what CDS Anil Chauhan says

Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, on Friday, asserted that Operation Sindoor is still ongoing and said India's defence preparedness should remain at a "very high" level, round-the-clock and throughout the year.

 

India had launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 to destroy multiple terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK) following the Pahalgam attack in which several tourists were killed.

 

Speaking at a seminar on 'Aerospace Power: Preserving India's Sovereignty and Furthering National Interests' in Delhi, the CDS said there are no runners-up in a war, and any military must be constantly alert and maintain a high degree of operational preparedness.

 

"An example is Operation Sindoor, which still continues. Our preparedness level has to be very high, 24x7, 365 days (a year)." 

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He further said the military in future will also need "information warriors, technology warriors and scholar warriors." In an emerging landscape of warfare, a future soldier will need to be a mix of all three "info, tech and scholar warriors," the CDS added.

 

He observed that the world is standing at the cusp of the third revolution in military warfare. "This form of warfare merges kinetic and non-kinetic means, combining elements of first and second generation warfare with the third. It is converging tactical, operational, and strategic kind of domains."

 

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to initiate the discussion on Operation Sindoor in the Lok Sabha on Monday and in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Both Houses will hold 16-hour discussions on the topic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi may also intervene in the Rajya Sabha discussion.

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