{"id":1216,"date":"2025-10-14T19:44:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=1216"},"modified":"2025-10-14T19:44:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:44:55","slug":"indias-response-to-pahalgam-massacre-was-precise-lt-gen-ghai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/indias-response-to-pahalgam-massacre-was-precise-lt-gen-ghai\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s response to Pahalgam massacre was precise: Lt Gen Ghai"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018IAF hit 11 Pakistani air bases\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sajid Raina<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Delhi, Oct 14: Director General Military Operations (DGMO) and Army\u2019s Deputy Chief Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai on Tuesday said that India\u2019s military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack was measured, meticulously planned and carried out with precision.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a function here, Lt Gen Ghai, according to the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO) described the Pahalgam attack \u2014 in which 26 tourists were shot dead by terrorists \u2014 as a \u201csponsored\u201d cross-Line of Control (LoC) strike in which terrorists singled out victims on the basis of community. \u201cThey asked for the community that they came from and shot them in cold blood in front of their families and loved ones,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were immediate claimers; this was \u2018glory\u2019. However, when the Kashmir Resistance Front initially claimed the attack, they realised that matters had possibly gone beyond their control, and they immediately withdrew,\u201d Lt Gen Ghai added, underscoring that while a response was inevitable, the armed forces intentionally took time to plan and prioritise targets.<\/p>\n

He said operations evolved between April 22 and the night of May 6\u20137, during which precautionary deployments were made along borders and multiple services and government agencies coordinated closely. \u201cThe final selection of targets was carried out from a large number of targets that we scrutinised,\u201d he said, noting a concurrent \u201charmonised and proactive information warfare campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

Describing the military escalation in early May, Lt Gen Ghai said drone activity intensified even after two DGMOs had addressed the situation, prompting the Indian Air Force to act. In precision strikes on the nights of May 9 and 10, he said, Indian forces struck 11 Pakistani air bases \u2014 damaging eight bases, three hangars and four radars \u2014 and destroyed several Pakistani air assets on the ground.<\/p>\n

He also claimed the destruction of one C-130 class aircraft, one AEW (airborne early warning) platform, and \u201cfour to five fighter jets,\u201d with some assets also destroyed in the air.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe now know that the world’s longest ever ground-to-air kill was at 300 kilometres plus and five high-tech fighters,\u201d Lt Gen Ghai said, adding that the \u201cimpunity\u201d with which the attacks were conducted by the perpetrators was a key factor prompting a strong response.<\/p>\n

All figures and operational details were attributed by Lt Gen Ghai to India\u2019s operational account of the events. The DGMO emphasised that the deliberate timing and multi-service coordination of the response reflected the armed forces\u2019 flexibility and intent to deliver a carefully calibrated, effective retaliation.<\/p>\n

The Army Deputy Chief while referring to the turmoil that prevailed in J&K for three decades, as per KNO, said, \u201cOver 1,00,000 people, including around 60,000 minority families, had to leave Jammu and Kashmir since 1990 due to threats and violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cMore than 15,000 civilians and 3,000 security personnel lost their lives in the region over the years.\u201d (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018IAF hit 11 Pakistani air bases\u2019 Sajid Raina New Delhi, Oct 14: Director General Military Operations (DGMO) and Army\u2019s Deputy Chief Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai on Tuesday said that India\u2019s military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack was measured, meticulously planned and carried out with precision. Speaking at a function here, Lt Gen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-top-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1218,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216\/revisions\/1218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}