Overview

• The chief of defence staff confirmed that Operation Sindoor, launched after the April terror attack in Pahalgam, is still ongoing and was never intended to seize territory or prisoners.
• Chauhan said long-range precision strikes achieved limited physical damage but exerted a huge psychological impact on Pakistan’s leadership.
• He defined modern victory as “domination through impact and effect,” signaling a shift away from objectives based on land capture.
• The CDS urged the armed forces to adopt disruptive technologies swiftly and prioritize joint operations among the Army, Navy and Air Force.
• He called for a very high order of round-the-clock readiness and pledged firm responses to state-supported cross-border terrorism.