Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan, during an interaction with school children from 36 schools at the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi on Thursday (September 18, 2025) said Operation Sindoor heralded a “new kind of warfare” and ensured that India beat Pakistan decisively in every escalation during the strike.
Unlike traditional warfare, this was fought on land, in air and sea, electromagnetic space and cyber domains, where the adversary was seen only through the help of satellite and electronic images or signal intelligence, he said.
The top military officer also said the first strikes during the operation were conducted at 1 a.m. to avoid civilian casualties across the border.
“It was a new kind of warfare... Till now, we have assumed victory in terms of capture of territory, the number of equipment destroyed, or the number of prisoners of war you have captured or soldiers you have killed...These were associated with traditional ways of fighting warfare.
“One of the matrices of victory over here is the sophistication of our attack, which was demonstrated there... Precision strikes for long-distance targets during the night required special efforts... We beat Pakistan decisively in every escalation during Operation Sindoor,” Gen. Chauhan asserted.
