WEBVTT 00:10.080 --> 00:12.600 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) 00:29.680 --> 00:30.640 All of us, 00:31.120 --> 00:32.840 every single man in that room, 00:33.240 --> 00:35.920 every single man that was firing those weapons, 00:36.360 --> 00:39.359 every single commander that was sitting in an operation room, 00:39.360 --> 00:42.360 monitoring that operation had been seething, 00:44.040 --> 00:45.200 seething with anger. 00:59.200 --> 01:02.640 At the manner in which innocent lives were snuffed out. 01:03.240 --> 01:05.720 To me, it was very shocking and it was also something 01:05.920 --> 01:10.440 which gives you that resolve to hit back. 01:11.960 --> 01:13.960 So like I think all citizens of the country, 01:14.080 --> 01:16.480 we were actually hit by the brutality of this attack. 01:16.600 --> 01:18.320 I think it was most barbaric. 01:22.360 --> 01:23.640 We will go after them. 01:23.760 --> 01:25.760 Whether on the ground, in the sky, or deep underground, 01:25.880 --> 01:26.720 wherever they are. 01:27.240 --> 01:28.320 We will not forgive. 01:33.280 --> 01:37.760 Any act of terror will be considered as an act of war. 01:42.760 --> 01:45.920 If there is even escalation to this particular conflict, so be it. 01:47.640 --> 01:51.040 And then we went into full-fledged war mode I would say. 01:54.400 --> 01:59.120 Prime Minister told me that we should call it Operation Sindoor. 02:03.840 --> 02:06.880 We were ready and our fingers were on the trigger. 02:09.320 --> 02:11.719 And nothing stopped us and we were no holds barred. 02:11.720 --> 02:13.880 All the officers and men were fully motivated. 02:16.200 --> 02:18.800 The entire nation's hope rested on us. 02:21.720 --> 02:24.320 We will unfold it like a good movie. 02:26.360 --> 02:27.400 So, the Prime Minister said, 02:27.520 --> 02:28.679 waha se goli, (if they'll fire bullets) 02:28.680 --> 02:30.480 yaha se gola. (we will drop bombs) 03:02.040 --> 03:04.600 The Prime Minister said we will go after them. 03:05.120 --> 03:07.119 Whether on the ground, in the sky, or deep underground, 03:07.120 --> 03:08.160 wherever they are. 03:08.640 --> 03:09.600 We will not forgive. 03:22.800 --> 03:23.760 Time has come. 03:24.320 --> 03:25.360 Time to deliver. 03:25.840 --> 03:26.960 Take a deep breath. 03:27.640 --> 03:33.079 Have confidence that all preparations you have done is best 03:33.080 --> 03:34.760 and nothing more is to be done. 03:35.240 --> 03:38.080 And this is the time to prove yourself, prove your capability. 03:43.440 --> 03:48.319 And we will unfold it like a good movie 03:48.320 --> 03:52.960 as far as this entire delivery of punitive strike is concerned. 04:09.200 --> 04:14.080 I was pretty confident of my own Air Force's capabilities. 04:14.440 --> 04:17.080 The entire nation's hope rested on us. 04:23.440 --> 04:27.480 We were to avenge these killings and it was on our shoulders. 04:29.320 --> 04:33.560 I was part of a strike package wherein we went and struck Muridke. 04:38.520 --> 04:40.080 I was given an opportunity 04:40.200 --> 04:43.720 which for me like any other soldier was a matter of huge pride. 04:45.680 --> 04:49.200 I was part of a package that is going to strike Bahawalpur. 04:53.120 --> 04:55.360 Every guy wearing that uniform 04:55.520 --> 04:57.880 wants that one opportunity in his life 04:58.000 --> 05:00.400 to do something that actually matters. 05:00.560 --> 05:02.080 Once you have done your planning, 05:02.200 --> 05:03.360 once you have given your orders, 05:03.480 --> 05:05.720 the execution has to be left to the last man. 05:05.840 --> 05:07.800 You have to have that faith in him 05:07.920 --> 05:10.120 that whatever decisions he will take at that time 05:10.240 --> 05:12.600 or she will take will be the right decision. 05:12.920 --> 05:15.440 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC) 05:30.040 --> 05:34.040 We returned short of midnight and went for our individual sorties. 05:35.600 --> 05:38.200 The aircraft were already ready, prepared for us. 05:38.640 --> 05:41.000 We walked to the aircraft and that is the time 05:41.120 --> 05:42.960 you actually speak to that aircraft. 05:44.280 --> 05:46.720 For the next two to three hours that is going to be the place 05:46.840 --> 05:48.960 where you will probably come back alive, 05:49.080 --> 05:52.600 not come back alive or probably you are going to change history. 06:03.320 --> 06:06.440 Finally I shut the canopy and I waved off my chalk. 06:35.600 --> 06:37.720 The kick that you get when you release the brakes 06:37.840 --> 06:38.920 at the take-off roll, 06:39.040 --> 06:40.960 it pushes you back into your seat. 06:43.840 --> 06:46.160 So that feeling of you are actually going to take off 06:46.280 --> 06:49.920 for a mission that critical is a different feeling altogether. 06:50.880 --> 06:54.040 It is akin to carrying that tricolour with you in the cockpit 06:54.240 --> 06:58.680 and doing something that not only you or your parents are proud of 06:58.840 --> 07:00.680 but the entire nation is proud of. 07:00.960 --> 07:02.800 (FIGHTER JET TAKES OFF) 07:07.120 --> 07:10.280 Me and my team, we descended to ultra low levels 07:12.080 --> 07:14.239 and we had some clouding at medium levels, 07:14.240 --> 07:17.720 some clouding at low levels and we were all flying below the clouds. 07:25.440 --> 07:27.399 When it was just five minutes to go, 07:27.400 --> 07:29.920 we were quite concentrated and very focused. 07:30.040 --> 07:32.320 I had two phones in my ears, 07:32.480 --> 07:36.720 one connected to GOC-15 corps, other connected to GOC-16 corps. 07:39.600 --> 07:42.920 The time I mentioned 0105, 07:43.280 --> 07:45.800 that is the time when people had to go. 07:46.160 --> 07:49.280 There is a procedure in the Army where we synchronise our watches. 07:51.520 --> 07:54.960 Those watches had been synchronised across all commands. 07:55.400 --> 07:58.400 So everybody had the same time on their systems. 07:58.840 --> 08:01.920 At 0105, no orders were required. 08:04.680 --> 08:07.239 And like clockwork precision, 08:07.240 --> 08:13.320 the commencement of Operation Sindoor started at 0105. 08:17.360 --> 08:18.840 My boys sprung into action 08:19.600 --> 08:22.480 and our guns started thundering onto the targets. 08:32.520 --> 08:34.880 Then nothing stopped us and we were no holds barred. 08:42.520 --> 08:44.359 We had multiple aerial assets 08:44.360 --> 08:46.160 launching from the same location 08:48.320 --> 08:51.960 and brought onto the target in time and altitude as per the plan. 08:55.960 --> 08:57.760 A number of loiter munition were fired 08:57.880 --> 08:58.960 and we were counting it, 08:59.080 --> 09:02.360 we were coordinating it at a particular cycle. 09:16.360 --> 09:18.800 We hit them exactly where we wanted to hit. 09:26.040 --> 09:29.400 I could hear DGMO saying first hit, second hit, 09:29.520 --> 09:32.600 third hit, fourth hit and everything he was just saying 09:32.760 --> 09:35.040 as if it was going like a clock precision. 09:43.840 --> 09:44.920 Sitting in that ops room, 09:45.040 --> 09:48.120 we were all very aware that we will execute it. 09:49.840 --> 09:53.720 We will execute these missions with full safety to our people. 09:54.680 --> 09:56.760 That we will bring back each and every aircraft 09:56.880 --> 09:58.360 and each and every pilot. 10:00.000 --> 10:04.960 So there was that rush and there was excitement. 10:07.320 --> 10:09.879 We have engaged into our final attack mode 10:09.880 --> 10:13.200 and we have continued towards our target of Bahawalpur. 10:14.960 --> 10:17.000 That is the time I have pressed the trigger 10:18.560 --> 10:21.560 and I saw the ammunition flying into the air. 10:23.160 --> 10:26.039 Alongside my ammunition there were other ammunitions 10:26.040 --> 10:27.960 that were going towards Bahawalpur. 10:31.360 --> 10:33.359 That is the time when we activated 10:33.360 --> 10:36.840 and then we went into full-fledged war mode I would say. 10:42.680 --> 10:44.040 We had kept a code word, 10:44.240 --> 10:47.239 a code word wherein if you have done a successful strike, 10:47.240 --> 10:48.560 you will say that code word. 10:54.480 --> 10:57.320 You actually heard code words of everyone. 11:00.040 --> 11:01.840 So the moment you hear everyone's code word, 11:01.960 --> 11:05.080 you know that everyone struck Pakistan successfully. 11:09.760 --> 11:14.840 So having struck the targets the way we were intending to, 11:15.200 --> 11:18.600 we were pretty confident that we have achieved our objectives. 11:21.000 --> 11:24.280 It is the first time actually we hit targets like Bahawalpur 11:24.400 --> 11:26.000 which was quite deep inside. 11:28.320 --> 11:29.880 We have done it very successfully, 11:30.080 --> 11:33.360 provided you know evidence of our capabilities. 11:35.600 --> 11:39.480 So when I got this confirmation that all missions have gone as planned, 11:39.600 --> 11:43.680 that was a good feeling in terms of having 100% mission success. 11:46.080 --> 11:50.920 That is possibly one of my most satisfying professional moments 11:51.280 --> 11:54.760 because every single target was hit through the roof. 12:00.040 --> 12:01.840 That was the precision that was achieved. 12:05.880 --> 12:10.960 It was a huge emotion which you know was there, a sense of satisfaction. 12:11.280 --> 12:16.279 For that very fraction, it was there in my heart and in my feeling. 12:16.280 --> 12:18.080 After the successful strike, 12:18.560 --> 12:21.119 we had achieved our politico-military aim. 12:21.120 --> 12:22.320 Once we achieved that aim, 12:22.440 --> 12:26.000 obviously there was satisfaction amongst all of us 12:26.120 --> 12:28.960 that we have done what we wanted. 12:29.120 --> 12:30.280 Once we hit them, 12:31.120 --> 12:32.480 there was a sense of justice, 12:32.800 --> 12:34.240 justice for the nation 12:34.600 --> 12:37.280 and the families of the terror victims. 12:48.240 --> 12:51.960 We had decided the objective of the operation 12:52.200 --> 12:54.360 as destruction of the enemy camps, 12:54.560 --> 12:58.560 particularly those who had been responsible for the Pahalgam attack. 12:59.400 --> 13:00.520 That has been achieved. 13:01.320 --> 13:04.120 We had the intention of conveying a message 13:04.520 --> 13:07.359 to the terrorists and to their mentors. 13:07.360 --> 13:09.639 Even if it is anywhere in Pakistan, 13:09.640 --> 13:12.880 if the terrorists are hiding there or finding shelter there, 13:13.040 --> 13:13.960 we will hit them. 13:14.360 --> 13:17.160 We wanted Pakistan Army to realize 13:17.800 --> 13:20.320 that this support to terrorism 13:20.560 --> 13:24.559 or inability to take effective action against the terrorists 13:24.560 --> 13:27.480 is something which is not tolerable to us. 13:31.480 --> 13:32.919 I quickly came outside. 13:32.920 --> 13:35.440 I gave a call to Harsh and told him to tweet it. 13:40.160 --> 13:42.000 As I was about to upload the tweet, 13:44.120 --> 13:46.760 I realised that I would be the first person 13:46.880 --> 13:48.240 to announce it to the world. 14:02.280 --> 14:04.360 Actually, we had tears in our eyes when we saw that. 14:07.040 --> 14:08.520 And it meant more to me 14:08.640 --> 14:13.080 because I had received the call from Himanshi that day. 14:15.880 --> 14:18.480 You cannot bring those 26 people back. 14:18.880 --> 14:23.200 Those lives cannot be the same again. 14:23.960 --> 14:29.440 There are deep scars that it will carry. 14:29.640 --> 14:31.760 (EMOTIONAL MUSIC) 14:46.600 --> 14:50.080 Suddenly, from watching history in action, 14:50.560 --> 14:53.120 I realised the enormity of the task that lay ahead. 14:53.320 --> 14:55.000 The troops on the ground had done their job. 14:55.200 --> 14:59.560 Now, the responsibility lay on us to be able to showcase it to the world. 15:01.560 --> 15:03.080 The moment I got to my office, 15:03.200 --> 15:06.440 I wanted to check as to how the world was reacting. 15:07.320 --> 15:10.840 I could see the comments coming from all across 15:11.080 --> 15:13.720 that the Indian Army tweeting justice is served 15:13.880 --> 15:16.720 means somebody's nightmare is going to come true in Pakistan. 15:32.840 --> 15:34.679 By the time the first bombs went, 15:34.680 --> 15:36.640 within 15 minutes or so, 15:36.760 --> 15:39.440 we could see aircraft getting airborne from the other side. 15:40.400 --> 15:42.000 They were painting on our radars. 15:43.480 --> 15:47.560 After hitting Muridke, we had retaliation from the adversary side. 15:53.040 --> 15:55.720 We had different counter-measuring systems. 15:56.880 --> 15:58.120 They were deployed. 16:01.640 --> 16:05.520 We have other beyond visual range tactics that are carried out. 16:08.080 --> 16:10.200 I would say that they were too slow to react. 16:12.880 --> 16:16.480 And all aircrafts had returned after the mission successfully. 16:27.560 --> 16:31.600 Very soon, not only our live feeds 16:31.800 --> 16:35.720 which we captured as these vectors hit the targets, 16:36.080 --> 16:39.800 but even our sources across started sending videos 16:40.080 --> 16:41.840 from the vicinity of these targets. 16:45.600 --> 16:47.519 Pakistani social media 16:47.520 --> 16:50.440 and Pakistani people actually acted as 16:50.840 --> 16:52.880 a source for battle damage assessment. 16:58.960 --> 17:01.240 People were filming it and they were running away 17:01.360 --> 17:03.760 or they were talking very loudly about 17:03.880 --> 17:05.760 waha maardiya ye kar diya 17:05.920 --> 17:07.959 somebody saying markaz ko maar diya, 17:07.960 --> 17:10.760 all those bytes or sounds you could hear. 17:19.280 --> 17:25.280 Pakistan always gets away with murder lightly 17:25.400 --> 17:29.759 has been my stand and it needed to be sent a message 17:29.760 --> 17:32.560 which was stronger than ever before. 17:36.640 --> 17:41.840 Our initial assessment was that we had killed more than 100 terrorists. 17:42.440 --> 17:47.319 At least 6 to 10 of them were high value targets 17:47.320 --> 17:50.080 which we had been wanting to eliminate for a while. 17:52.600 --> 17:55.160 We have got a zero tolerance for that. 17:55.480 --> 17:56.960 This isn't a game of kabaddi. 17:57.080 --> 17:59.199 That this is the line if you cross that you are safe. 17:59.200 --> 18:00.440 You are not safe, 18:01.200 --> 18:04.160 wherever you are and whatever time it takes 18:04.280 --> 18:06.319 and whatever sacrifice and risk it takes, 18:06.320 --> 18:07.720 we will take the revenge. 18:16.640 --> 18:20.560 Maybe half an hour after the targets had been completely engaged, 18:21.400 --> 18:26.560 we thought it prudent that we will inform the Pakistan DGMO 18:26.920 --> 18:28.600 that we have engaged these targets. 18:29.880 --> 18:31.520 Because we have had an incident, 18:31.680 --> 18:34.200 we have hit the perpetrators of terror. 18:34.960 --> 18:37.680 This is our concept and this is our rationale. 18:41.200 --> 18:44.280 Should we want to discuss this, we were open to doing that. 18:46.080 --> 18:49.160 We got a message back from him saying that 18:49.280 --> 18:54.120 this communication should have been done before we engaged the targets. 18:55.240 --> 18:59.920 And now the DGMOs will only speak once the Pakistanis have responded. 19:00.080 --> 19:04.760 So we knew that things are not yet over and we were prepared. 19:04.880 --> 19:08.040 We were ready to take on anything whatever comes from their side. 19:08.200 --> 19:10.400 There was no time for me to absorb 19:10.520 --> 19:13.400 that this is what entire command has been able to achieve. 19:13.520 --> 19:16.479 We had already switched into dealing with the next situation 19:16.480 --> 19:18.840 and which was going to be very intense. 19:23.800 --> 19:27.440 We were ready and our fingers were on the trigger. 19:31.400 --> 19:34.480 The moment they started on the line of control, 19:34.960 --> 19:36.960 we went at them hammer and tongs. 19:42.400 --> 19:45.119 Everywhere, all across, entire LoC, 19:45.120 --> 19:49.160 right from Tangdar, Kupwara, Uri, 19:49.280 --> 19:52.279 Rampur sector, Poonch sector, Mendher, 19:52.280 --> 19:57.000 Rajouri, right up to Sundarbani sector, the entire LC was activated. 20:02.320 --> 20:04.759 And I really wanted each and every one of us, 20:04.760 --> 20:06.400 every soldier of mine, 20:06.600 --> 20:10.720 for one shot coming from Pakistan, give him at least five back. 20:13.760 --> 20:19.920 For every sector, we were delivering the fire in a manner it was planned. 20:26.680 --> 20:31.600 Each and every firing of my gun is delivering a punitive assault. 20:31.720 --> 20:34.960 Now is the time, the people who have supported the terror, 20:35.160 --> 20:37.640 they are the ones who have to be targeted. 20:37.760 --> 20:39.960 And with that kind of a planning, 20:40.120 --> 20:41.800 we just took off. 20:46.240 --> 20:48.800 There was a duel happening on the line of control 20:50.040 --> 20:51.720 and the rest, as they say, is history. 21:01.640 --> 21:03.040 Within the next 15-20 minutes, 21:03.160 --> 21:04.440 I think there were at least 21:04.720 --> 21:07.120 40-50 aircrafts on the air on both sides. 21:11.040 --> 21:13.280 We were holding guard in the air, 21:13.680 --> 21:17.559 making sure that none of their aircraft would come this side. 21:17.560 --> 21:20.760 Even come to the range where they could drop a weapon 21:20.920 --> 21:22.320 remaining on their side. 21:24.200 --> 21:26.879 And of course, we had launched certain number of 21:26.880 --> 21:29.239 surface-to-air long-range weapon systems, 21:29.240 --> 21:32.920 which we are sure caused some losses on the other side. 21:38.360 --> 21:40.320 I think they didn't want to come any closer 21:40.480 --> 21:42.520 and they decided after a couple of hours 21:42.680 --> 21:45.520 that we will keep our aircrafts down. 21:48.560 --> 21:50.080 Whilst all this was happening, 21:50.200 --> 21:54.120 the Maritime domain was not sitting idle. 22:05.920 --> 22:08.360 We were putting a lot of pressure. 22:09.800 --> 22:13.160 We had insured that no Pakistani military surveillance plane 22:13.280 --> 22:16.080 came anywhere near close to this carrier battle group, 22:16.920 --> 22:18.799 because they knew that if they come, 22:18.800 --> 22:22.240 our integral air launched from the aircraft carrier 22:22.360 --> 22:23.480 will take them down. 22:25.000 --> 22:26.799 The presence of carrier battle group, 22:26.800 --> 22:31.439 ensured that the Pakistani forces remain either in their harbors, 22:31.440 --> 22:33.600 or very close to their coast. 22:39.840 --> 22:42.160 All this while, we only had a couple of hours 22:42.720 --> 22:46.720 to collate the entire evidence and put it out for the world to see. 22:48.280 --> 22:51.680 A press conference was going to be held early next morning. 22:52.080 --> 22:56.320 One by one, we started going through the entire data from each feed. 22:58.440 --> 23:00.479 We were running against time, 23:00.480 --> 23:02.000 speed was of essence, 23:02.120 --> 23:06.200 but so was accuracy because the credibility of India was at stake. 23:14.640 --> 23:16.480 The joint press briefing on the 7th 23:16.840 --> 23:20.160 by our Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri 23:20.600 --> 23:22.800 Earlier this morning as you would be aware, 23:23.040 --> 23:25.840 India exercised its right to respond 23:25.960 --> 23:30.080 and preempt as well as deterred more such cross border attacks. 23:30.640 --> 23:34.280 From the armed forces, we were represented by two women officers. 23:34.800 --> 23:37.240 And it conveyed two important messages 23:37.400 --> 23:39.280 that the women of India will not be deterred 23:39.400 --> 23:41.520 by this cowardly kind of attacks, 23:41.920 --> 23:45.400 and the social and emotional fabric of India will remain unaffected 23:45.680 --> 23:47.479 even by such kind of challenges. 23:47.480 --> 23:50.120 On the morning of 7th and 8th May, 23:50.520 --> 23:54.880 the Pakistanis conducted funerals of some of the terrorist leaders. 23:55.720 --> 23:58.440 The Pakistani senior military leadership 23:58.560 --> 24:00.160 also attended those funerals. 24:00.640 --> 24:02.240 So India said look here is the proof 24:02.720 --> 24:05.720 and the Pakistani state and the army is protecting 24:05.840 --> 24:07.360 the terrorist leadership. 24:46.800 --> 24:48.520 As the midnight approached, 24:48.840 --> 24:52.080 the next two to three hours was a gruelling battle. 24:56.600 --> 24:57.920 The artillery opened, 24:59.960 --> 25:01.480 the mortars opened, 25:03.000 --> 25:05.080 the infantry posts opened. 25:13.240 --> 25:19.120 Every life has a purpose and what more beautiful purpose can be. 25:20.640 --> 25:23.000 When you're standing there to deliver, 25:23.480 --> 25:25.040 the response of the Nation. 25:26.680 --> 25:28.720 We have earmarked certain posts, 25:29.160 --> 25:32.360 enemy posts for punitive punishments. 25:37.080 --> 25:40.640 And I told the brigade commanders take one EPPP target, 25:40.880 --> 25:43.120 one by one begin sorting them out. 25:55.080 --> 25:57.600 The procedure is so punitive 25:58.200 --> 26:03.040 that the enemy post is Degraded good about 40 to 50 percent. 26:08.880 --> 26:10.240 After that, it cannot stand up. 26:24.400 --> 26:27.840 Because the pressure on Park Post was so heavy, 26:28.080 --> 26:31.080 that in order to relieve the pressure, 26:31.200 --> 26:34.360 he had to resort to targeting my civilians, 26:40.160 --> 26:42.240 targeting the religious infrastructure. 26:44.200 --> 26:48.440 Almost 500 villages all along the L.C. 26:48.560 --> 26:49.760 were getting targeted. 27:10.480 --> 27:12.960 They hit Gurudwaras, temples. 27:19.720 --> 27:21.120 So it was really sad, 27:22.680 --> 27:25.240 that when we hit terror, 27:25.840 --> 27:26.960 they hit civilians. 27:35.320 --> 27:36.960 So you can well imagine, 27:37.280 --> 27:39.280 as to what are the ethics, 27:39.480 --> 27:42.480 that this army or this country follows. 27:44.400 --> 27:47.760 I really wanted to get that pressure off my civilians. 27:48.000 --> 27:51.360 I thereafter switched my plan in a manner, 27:51.520 --> 27:54.160 that all these guns which are targeting the civil population 27:54.280 --> 27:55.400 had to be silenced. 27:56.880 --> 27:59.960 I used to have my weapon locating radar absolutely ready. 28:01.040 --> 28:04.560 Who is to be hunting for these locations from where, 28:05.120 --> 28:06.880 he fired on to my gun position. 28:13.680 --> 28:14.920 They were ready and loaded. 28:15.240 --> 28:17.520 So before they could shoot and scoot, 28:17.840 --> 28:20.760 these guns, they used to fire on those guns. 28:28.840 --> 28:32.640 And we have caused immense casualties to the Pakistanis 28:33.040 --> 28:34.680 at their own gun positions. 28:50.160 --> 28:54.040 When you are firing on the LoC., you are like communicating through fire. 29:02.760 --> 29:05.760 Is he feeling the pressure or he is not feeling the pressure? 29:07.680 --> 29:10.080 You come to know through the intensity of fire. 29:14.200 --> 29:17.640 Sure enough within few hours, we were able to control this fire. 29:18.000 --> 29:20.520 And he had to roll back his firing. 29:20.960 --> 29:22.600 Once anything starts, 29:22.800 --> 29:25.920 we are willing to go as far as it is necessary 29:26.160 --> 29:28.360 for a nation to preserve its sovereignty, 29:28.480 --> 29:30.440 and there's no limits on that. 29:30.760 --> 29:32.560 We fight till the last drop of the blood. 29:37.520 --> 29:40.560 While the duels on the line of control continued, 29:40.680 --> 29:45.720 the Pakistanis then also started flying drones into Indian territory. 29:49.440 --> 29:50.760 Till 7th May, 29:50.920 --> 29:54.519 they had approximately 30 flights coming from 2 countries, 29:54.520 --> 29:56.320 which supported them openly. 29:56.520 --> 30:01.359 They were carrying the drones and YIHA class of heavy drones, 30:01.360 --> 30:03.400 which they used against us. 30:04.120 --> 30:05.320 We were prepared for it. 30:13.520 --> 30:15.480 We eliminated everything that they threw at us. 30:19.080 --> 30:21.200 You know the famous cliche, Dil Mange More. 30:22.480 --> 30:24.720 I think the air defence gunners were waiting for. 30:32.680 --> 30:36.200 Their impact of drones was more of a nuisance value. 30:38.560 --> 30:43.480 Many of their kamikaze drones were even taken on by our SAGW systems. 30:47.040 --> 30:49.640 We launched some specialised UAVs, 30:49.760 --> 30:53.960 which were basically targeting their radar and SAM systems. 30:55.680 --> 30:58.639 These were the ones which took out many of their radars 30:58.640 --> 31:00.880 and you know the weapon systems. 31:01.360 --> 31:05.440 Pasroor, Chunian, there was Lahore, 31:06.120 --> 31:08.360 Nayachor in the south-west, 31:08.720 --> 31:11.640 and many such places near Karachi, Malir, Cantt. 31:11.840 --> 31:13.720 So these were the places where 31:13.840 --> 31:15.800 certain number of radar systems were there 31:15.960 --> 31:17.560 and we had targeted them. 31:23.800 --> 31:26.519 It is the air defence systems of the Indian Army 31:26.520 --> 31:30.160 and the Indian Air Force that worked together and in sync. 31:37.800 --> 31:41.480 9th evening, the US Vice President J.D. Vance 31:41.680 --> 31:43.280 called Prime Minister Modi. 31:43.880 --> 31:46.960 He said that we have got information and intelligence 31:47.080 --> 31:52.560 that Pakistan is going to launch a massive attack on India tonight. 31:54.600 --> 31:57.240 So the Prime Minister said, please tell them that our attack 31:57.640 --> 32:00.160 would be thrice the intensity of their attack. 32:00.800 --> 32:03.200 Waha se goli, yaha se gola. 32:03.640 --> 32:07.920 We were informed that Pakistan is planning to launch an operation, 32:08.080 --> 32:09.840 so-called Bunyal-al-Marsus, 32:10.240 --> 32:12.120 to teach India a lesson 32:12.560 --> 32:16.160 and that operation is going to last for about 48 hours. 32:25.280 --> 32:28.959 I am not given to being very impressed by either names 32:28.960 --> 32:32.000 that the Pakistan Army may give to their operations 32:32.120 --> 32:34.080 or the dramatic manner in which they do that. 32:37.160 --> 32:39.640 Rhetorics in war, we don't take much. 32:40.200 --> 32:41.920 In any conflict situation, 32:42.160 --> 32:46.439 these brave words are said with a certain objective in mind. 32:46.440 --> 32:50.559 That is to convince your own people, to keep the brave face. 32:50.560 --> 32:54.840 You make these, very high-sounding statements and others. 32:56.560 --> 33:00.400 We had red-teamed and war-gamed various levels, 33:00.520 --> 33:03.960 and therefore we were prepared at all times 33:04.160 --> 33:08.400 for it to continue to escalate even to a full-blown war. 33:08.720 --> 33:10.320 From about around midnight, 33:10.440 --> 33:14.080 they started launching aircraft and they launched strikes 33:16.320 --> 33:18.600 from various places, from Srinagar down to Bhuj. 33:19.480 --> 33:24.040 In various places, we had reports of long-range weapons being fired. 33:25.640 --> 33:27.160 Though they sent a lot of missiles, 33:27.920 --> 33:29.560 neither their intelligence was right. 33:29.840 --> 33:33.160 They were far away from their, the, the intended targets. 33:37.320 --> 33:41.200 Only one odd missile fell anywhere close to where it caused damage. 33:41.320 --> 33:42.760 One was at Udhampur, 33:43.200 --> 33:45.720 where it hit one of our hospitals at the base. 33:46.280 --> 33:48.480 At about 1:30 or 1:45, 33:48.600 --> 33:53.240 one high-speed missile was launched by Pakistan, 33:53.480 --> 33:54.400 aimed at Delhi, 33:57.400 --> 34:00.080 which was intercepted at Sirsa in Haryana. 34:03.280 --> 34:08.400 That was the signal for India to launch its final retaliatory attack. 34:14.240 --> 34:16.679 This is the time I had given the orders 34:16.680 --> 34:19.719 to move all my long-range vectors 34:19.720 --> 34:22.200 and also the operational reserves to their places. 34:29.760 --> 34:33.880 It was decided that India will not go down to such kind of threats. 34:38.080 --> 34:41.160 We are going to respond heavily on to Pakistan. 34:47.160 --> 34:51.160 And if there is an escalation to this particular conflict, so be it. 34:51.400 --> 34:54.320 And this time, the full responsibility was given 34:54.520 --> 34:59.240 to the Air Force to launch the BrahMos cruise missiles 34:59.400 --> 35:00.880 in four different waves. 35:01.720 --> 35:05.280 BrahMos is one of those which has very high speed of attack. 35:07.720 --> 35:10.080 The chances of it getting intercepted are less. 35:12.240 --> 35:13.960 The kind of damage it creates 35:14.160 --> 35:17.360 is much more than any other smaller-speed weapon. 35:20.680 --> 35:23.080 And the best part was it's a homegrown weapon, 35:23.400 --> 35:25.280 design and development in India weapon. 35:34.000 --> 35:38.800 So, they had selected 11 Pakistani airfields for the attacks. 35:41.920 --> 35:44.960 So, we took a decision that this is the time 35:45.080 --> 35:48.320 we need to now enhance and up the ante. 36:25.600 --> 36:26.920 So, that night, 36:27.280 --> 36:28.600 that is 10th early morning, 36:28.960 --> 36:30.239 before they could strike, 36:30.240 --> 36:34.080 we have struck their major airfields, 36:34.240 --> 36:36.640 radar sites, command and control centres. 36:41.520 --> 36:45.200 So, we took out Rafiki, Sukkur, 36:46.520 --> 36:47.600 Rahim Yar Khan 36:48.360 --> 36:50.360 and of course, the Noor Khan Air Base. 36:55.880 --> 36:57.760 There is a fire in Noor Khan Base. 36:59.160 --> 37:01.280 There's been an attack on Noor Khan base. 37:02.680 --> 37:04.199 And subsequently, in the second wave, 37:04.200 --> 37:07.240 we launched strikes against the main bases, 37:13.720 --> 37:18.120 Sargodha, Bholari and Jacobabad. 37:20.560 --> 37:23.240 And caused substantial damage to all the three places. 37:25.520 --> 37:28.520 There was a lot of damage that was caused to the runways, 37:31.640 --> 37:33.000 to the hangar 37:37.160 --> 37:40.320 and to the aircraft that were parked on the ground. 37:43.120 --> 37:47.160 The intent was to keep it calibrated, to keep it measured. 37:47.920 --> 37:50.160 And drive home a message that look, 37:50.280 --> 37:53.680 we can hit you at will and you have no answer to it. 37:58.120 --> 38:01.560 We engaged him on a front of almost 1200 kilometres, 38:01.800 --> 38:04.920 almost 200 kilometres deep inside his territory. 38:08.120 --> 38:11.360 Things were really happening the way we wanted them to happen. 38:15.360 --> 38:17.400 Whatever we were touching was turning gold. 38:17.680 --> 38:19.720 All our weapons were reaching the correct place. 38:27.520 --> 38:29.120 On the morning of 10th, 38:29.240 --> 38:30.759 after the second wave of attack, 38:30.760 --> 38:33.400 probably they got the message that things are getting more serious 38:33.520 --> 38:38.640 and they had no response to the kind of targeting that we are doing. 38:42.760 --> 38:44.600 I think Pakistan has realised, 38:45.240 --> 38:46.879 based on their information network 38:46.880 --> 38:49.320 which has been provided to them by various countries, 38:49.640 --> 38:52.720 That there could be a strike from sea, 38:53.320 --> 38:54.720 which will be very damaging. 38:55.080 --> 38:57.160 So when they realised, now Navy is also going to attack 38:57.280 --> 38:59.960 and Brahmos have also been lined up along with the artillery, 39:00.080 --> 39:02.519 they knew now next night is going to be a very dangerous one, 39:02.520 --> 39:04.560 along with the Air Force, what it had already done. 39:08.960 --> 39:11.080 By 8 o'clock in the morning on 10th, 39:11.440 --> 39:14.720 the Pakistanis were desperately trying to reach 39:14.840 --> 39:16.800 the Indian establishment 39:16.920 --> 39:20.360 and Asim Munir was trying to reach Marco Rubio, 39:20.640 --> 39:23.120 who in turn called External Affairs Minister 39:23.240 --> 39:24.720 at 10 in the morning apparently, 39:25.120 --> 39:27.520 saying the Pakistanis want to stop, 39:27.680 --> 39:29.200 they want to have a ceasefire. 39:30.000 --> 39:33.160 So, Jai Shankar's message was that we will not 39:33.280 --> 39:35.200 accept any mediation from anyone. 39:35.680 --> 39:38.480 So, the message given to Marco Rubio was that 39:39.360 --> 39:43.079 please ask the Pakistani Director General of Military Operations 39:43.080 --> 39:44.959 to call Indian DGMO, 39:44.960 --> 39:47.840 which is the only acceptable channel of communication. 39:48.800 --> 39:53.280 Approximately at about 9 o'clock or thereabouts in the morning, 39:53.680 --> 39:57.120 I got a message from the Pakistan DGMO. 39:57.440 --> 40:02.360 The message said that the Pakistan DGMO wanted to communicate with me, 40:02.720 --> 40:04.080 his Indian counterpart. 40:04.920 --> 40:07.440 And eventually, it was decided 40:07.800 --> 40:11.640 that we would speak to them at some time during the day, 40:12.320 --> 40:15.800 maybe 2 hours after we received the message. 40:16.400 --> 40:19.880 I got a call from the Ministry of External Affairs, 40:20.080 --> 40:24.560 informing us that the Pakistanis were frantically trying to call, 40:24.800 --> 40:26.560 but nobody is answering. 40:32.120 --> 40:34.720 Murphy's Law also played a role, 40:36.120 --> 40:38.400 that there was a little snag in the hotline. 40:39.240 --> 40:40.960 We got the line rectified, 40:41.880 --> 40:43.480 that maybe took an hour or so. 40:44.200 --> 40:46.800 And by then, we had taken the decision 40:47.400 --> 40:51.920 that there was no harm in hearing what the Pakistan DGMO had to say. 40:52.520 --> 40:55.720 And I eventually spoke to him at 3:30 in the afternoon. 41:01.800 --> 41:04.879 Usually, the person that asks for the call 41:04.880 --> 41:06.400 is the one that speaks first. 41:06.960 --> 41:11.360 So, General Kasif Abdullah, the Pakistan DGMO, started. 41:11.640 --> 41:12.680 As per that tradition, 41:13.480 --> 41:16.920 he referred to me as Sir, because the seniority is well established. 41:17.280 --> 41:19.160 But it didn't take him much time 41:19.760 --> 41:23.440 to cut straight to the fact that they wanted a ceasefire. 41:25.000 --> 41:27.200 In fact, he suggested to me that, 41:27.680 --> 41:31.680 Sir, having hit so many Brahmos missiles at us, 41:32.000 --> 41:35.440 you should now be satisfied, and we can bring this to a stop. 41:37.320 --> 41:39.680 So once they asked, and they repeatedly asked us 41:39.800 --> 41:42.120 that, you've caused enough damage, 41:42.240 --> 41:43.120 please call for a ceasefire. 41:43.240 --> 41:44.760 We conceded to that request. 41:45.120 --> 41:48.680 We were also very clear that is we don't have to linger it on. 41:50.200 --> 41:53.520 We spoke at 3.30, and the conversation must have lasted 41:53.720 --> 41:55.520 a little less than half an hour. 41:56.440 --> 42:01.080 And we both agreed that starting 5.30 in the evening, 42:02.000 --> 42:04.640 we would cease hostilities. 42:05.280 --> 42:07.400 It was agreed between them 42:07.880 --> 42:12.120 that both sides would stop all firing 42:12.240 --> 42:17.240 and military actions on land and in the air and sea. 42:17.520 --> 42:21.600 Well, it's an uneasy cessation of hostilities. 42:21.720 --> 42:23.720 I don't refer to it as ceasefire at all. 42:24.680 --> 42:27.280 And until and unless we get a complete assurance 42:27.800 --> 42:29.280 that there is no support 42:29.840 --> 42:34.960 or perpetration of terror acts from across the line of control 42:35.080 --> 42:36.480 or the international boundary, 42:36.800 --> 42:40.760 which we can clearly attribute to Pakistan, 42:42.200 --> 42:43.760 Operation Sindoor will continue. 42:45.320 --> 42:47.120 Message to the world is very clear. 42:47.880 --> 42:53.680 India's generosity or India's, being more tolerant 42:53.800 --> 42:55.800 should not be mistaken for its weakness. 42:56.400 --> 42:57.799 India can take risks. 42:57.800 --> 43:01.440 India can hit hard irrespective of the consequences. 43:02.280 --> 43:06.960 Operation Sindoor has drawn a new line 43:08.600 --> 43:13.080 in the fight against terrorism. 43:13.440 --> 43:15.640 A new normal has been established. 43:16.960 --> 43:22.200 Firstly, if there is a terrorist attack on India, 43:22.960 --> 43:26.120 a strong response will be delivered. 43:26.520 --> 43:30.000 We will go to all those places and carry out tough operations 43:30.120 --> 43:33.600 from where the roots of terror grow. 43:34.200 --> 43:35.080 Secondly, 43:37.000 --> 43:42.360 any nuclear blackmail will not be tolerated by India. 43:42.960 --> 43:43.840 Thirdly, 43:46.400 --> 43:49.960 Governments supporting terrorism and 43:51.280 --> 43:56.160 the masterminds behind it will be treated as one. 44:02.520 --> 44:04.640 At the strategic level, I think, 44:05.120 --> 44:07.880 when to stop a conflict is equally important. 44:08.880 --> 44:10.280 It's easy to start a war. 44:10.400 --> 44:12.200 It's very difficult to stop it. 44:17.720 --> 44:19.640 When the ceasefire was announced, 44:20.440 --> 44:24.280 for me and for all of us, there was a sense of achievement. 44:27.000 --> 44:33.880 Long Live Mother India. 44:35.600 --> 44:37.400 Each and every sailor, 44:38.560 --> 44:39.960 each and every airman, 44:41.800 --> 44:44.240 Long Live Mother India. 44:47.760 --> 44:49.520 and each and every soldier, 44:50.280 --> 44:51.880 they worked with huge commitment. 44:53.760 --> 44:58.880 We are ready to sacrifice, go to any level to protect our people. 45:00.680 --> 45:05.080 It is the youngsters in the field who have really done the job. 45:07.720 --> 45:10.920 A large number of Indian operations room have one saying 45:11.080 --> 45:12.720 plastered in the centre everywhere. 45:12.840 --> 45:14.520 It says "war in my time". 45:17.040 --> 45:20.440 And it was war then in my time. 45:20.680 --> 45:24.080 I never understood the gravity of what those words mean. 45:26.800 --> 45:29.720 I only want to assure our countrymen 45:30.760 --> 45:33.640 that the Indian army, the Indian armed forces, 45:34.200 --> 45:39.400 we will always be there for the nation when it needs us. 45:44.920 --> 45:47.840 No conflict in future will be like the past one. 45:48.120 --> 45:49.360 We need to prepare for it. 45:55.080 --> 45:56.560 This is the new normal. 45:59.520 --> 46:04.120 A notice to sail should be construted as a notice to combat. 46:08.520 --> 46:10.560 We are a peace loving country. 46:10.680 --> 46:12.040 We would like to live and let live. 46:12.480 --> 46:16.360 But if Pakistan carries out any terror attack of this kind, 46:16.520 --> 46:17.639 I can assure 46:17.640 --> 46:20.800 that Pakistan will have to pay twice what they have paid this time. 46:27.200 --> 46:30.720 The kind of beating they got during Op Sindoor, 46:30.840 --> 46:32.880 I think they will remember it for a long time. 46:39.680 --> 46:40.960 It was just a trailer. 46:45.720 --> 46:48.960 When the Prime Minister says that the Operation Sindoor is alive, 46:49.080 --> 46:51.400 his intention is the fight against terror 46:51.560 --> 46:55.879 will only be over till the last terrorist is eliminated. 46:55.880 --> 46:58.000 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