Operation Sindoor: India Executes 24 Missile Strikes in 25 Minutes, Neutralizing 70 Terrorists Across 9 Camps in Pakistan and PoK

Operation Sindoor: In an operation that lasted no more than 25 minutes, India carried out 24 missile strikes on nine different terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, killing about 70 terrorists on July 7. The attacks, conducted under the code name Operation Sindoor, occurred on May 7 from 1:05 AM - 1:30 AM by the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force.

At a press conference in New Delhi, Vikram Misri, the Foreign Secretary joined by Colonel Sophia Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, said the strikes were a "measured and proportionate" response to the April 22 terrorist incident in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, which was perpetrated by Pakistan-based terrorist groups that caused the death of 26 people, including one Nepali national, while injuring many others.

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Colonel Qureshi said that the operation marked a shift in strategy. "For the last three decades, Pakistan has been constructing terror infrastructure, including recruitment centres, training areas, and launch pads across PoJK and Pakistan. This operation was intended to dismantle those facilities and prevent future attacks," she said.

"Our intelligence indicated that further attacks against India are impending. Thus, compulsion, both to deter and prevent and hence earlier this morning, India exercised its right to respond to deter such more cross-border terrorism... Our actions were measured and non-escalatory, proportionate and responsible. They focused on dismantling terrorists' infrastructure," said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.

Strikes And Locations

The missile strikes hit on targets Muzaffarabad, Kotli, Bahawalpur, Rawalakot, Chakswari, Bhimber, Neelum Valley, Jhelum and Chakwal, all of which have been believed to have terrorist camps according to intelligence sources, where these sites have been determined to be associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), which has been alleged to have perpetrated multiple attacks inside India over the years.

Out of the nine sites attacked, five were located in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and four were situated in mainland Pakistan. Bahawalpur, in particular, has long been identified as a safe haven for JeM. Muzaffarabad and Bhimber had previously been identified by Indian agencies as transit and logistical areas for infiltration into Kashmir.

According to a statement issued by the government, all strikes were effective. Pre- and post-strike UAV reconnaissance confirmed the destruction of command and control facilities, training camps, arms depots, and staging facilities. The strikes were extensive, and all of the targets were terrorist facilities, not Pakistan military targets.

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Scale of Damage

Over seventy terrorists were killed, and over sixty were wounded. The attacks were executed in a combination of air-launched and ground-launched missiles. The government confirmed that real-time surveillance drones enabled confirmation of target destruction, and civilian casualties were minimal.

The air-launched and ground-based missiles included precision munitions like laser-designated missiles and satellite-guided glide bombs to maximise strike accuracy and minimise collateral damage. Air and ground-launched missiles were employed in a synchronised manner (time and space) so that the massed warheads struck the respective targets simultaneously to neutralise the terror camps.

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