New Delhi: During 'Operation Vermillion', various claims have been coming forward for a long time regarding Kirana Hills located in Sargodha, Pakistan. Now India's former Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan has clarified his position on these speculations. Let us tell you, he said that the Indian Army had not targeted Kirana Hills or any nuclear installation there.
According to the information, General Chauhan told in a program of Vivekananda International Foundation that before the operation, India had sent many loitering munitions in the direction of Sargodha and Kirana Hills. Their objective was to locate and destroy Pakistani radar systems in the area.
The search for the target may take about two hours
He told that these weapons can remain in the air for about two hours and search for their target. If they do not find any target in this period, they fall down. According to General Chauhan, it is possible that one such loitering ammunition may have hit a hill in Kirana Hills. This could also be the reason for the pictures of smoke surfaced from Pakistan.
Former CDS General Anil Chauhan unveiled the mystery of what happened in Kirana Hills of Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.
He said that India had not deliberately targeted Kirana Hills.
Before the operation, to search and target the radar systems present in and around Sargodha… pic.twitter.com/lT9vShoG8s
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The former CDS told that in Operation Vermillion, India had adopted the strategy of using lower airspace. Its purpose was to surprise the enemy, increase the chances of success of the campaign and keep the conflict under control. Drones, loitering munitions and attack helicopters were part of this strategy.
Approval for attack even during talks
Along with this, General Chauhan also said that despite Pakistan taking the initiative for talks, a decision was taken to continue the Indian military action. According to him, when he received a call from Pakistan at around 10 in the morning, the Air Chief had sought his approval to attack Sargodha, after which he asked to proceed with the action. After this, a plan was made to target two other targets, where Skardu was first selected, but due to bad weather, Bholari was later made the target.
No concrete evidence was found regarding the attacks
General Chauhan claimed that after the action, Pakistan was not clear about the real impact of its own attacks. He said that between May 10 and 12, Pakistan had tried to obtain commercial satellite images from American and Chinese companies, but it did not find evidence of any major damage caused by its attacks.