'The Operation Sindoor lasted for hardly 23 minutes; we hit 9 nine terror targets crisscrossing Pakistan with precision and missed none of them,' said India's National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Friday. NSA further slammed the foreign media houses for their reportage on Op Sindoor while challenging them to show any picture of damage on the Indian side.
"Thereafter, they said Pakistan did this and so on. Can you tell me of one image or photograph that shows any damage to India," Doval asked while speaking at the 62nd convocation ceremony of IIT, Madras. India launched Operation Sindoor to bust the terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, following the 22 April Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed, 25 Indians, and 1 Nepali citizen.
NSA then pointed out the significance of developing indigenous technology, and the link between technology and warfare.
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"I am really proud of it (Operation Sindoor). Much of it was driven by indigenous content. We are proud of it—that some of our best systems worked, whether it was BrahMos (missiles), the integrated air control and command system, or battlefield surveillance. We decided on nine terrorist targets, not in the border areas but in the crisscross of Pakistan, and we missed none."
"No unintended site was struck, and the strike was precise to the point where we knew who was where. And the entire operation lasted for 23 minutes," he then added.
In a nuanced rebuttal to international media coverage questioning the operation's effectiveness, the NSA said, "They wrote what they wanted. But satellite images tell the real story -- that 13 Pakistan airbases, before and after 10 May, show exactly what happened." India could not afford to lose the technology battle and remain behind or fall decades behind others, said the NSA, as he addressed the students.
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He then acknowledged the role of IIT Madras and the private sector in developing 5G in two-and-a-half years' time, whereas the Chinese took over 12 years and spent 300 billion dollars to develop 5G technology.
"Even a screw that deals with anything related to data or security protection must come from a trusted source. It is either made in India or by somebody who is very close to India," NSA Doval added, emphasising the need to totally insulate our system from the enemy.
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