Overview

• Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari detailed a rapid planning cycle: options to the government on April 24, targets shortlisted on April 29, and strike timing set on May 5.
• Initial precision strikes began early May 7 after the Pahalgam attack, with India keeping the response calibrated until Pakistan’s main attack on the night of May 9–10.
• Following that attack, the IAF hit selected Pakistani military sites across the front, claiming “complete domination” by midday on May 10 and prompting a request to halt hostilities.
• Officials credited the Integrated Air Command and Control System for enabling long‑range precision targeting and effective defensive responses, and said there was no collateral damage.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh framed the operation as a showcase of indigenous capability and highlighted the Sudarshan Chakra air‑defence mission as a next step.