- 5/12/2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address the nation at 8pm tonight following Operation Sindoor.
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00:00Thumbs up to Operation Sundoor
00:07Desi ammo beats Pakistan's ploy
00:13Atmanirbhar Arsenal blasts terror nests
00:20India debunks Pakistan propaganda
00:30Pakistan chose to back terrorists
00:37Nuk rumours late to rest
00:44Locked and loaded, India always ready
00:53Each detail, every key takeaway
00:58What exactly happened in Operation Sindhu
01:01Good evening and welcome to 5 Live
01:03I'm Pooja Shali
01:04Let's begin first with the headlines
01:05And the top stories coming in
01:07Stay tuned, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
01:12To address the nation at 8pm
01:14Operation Sindhu details
01:16This comes after he chaired the key security meeting
01:18At his residence
01:19AC Atmanirbhar defence systems hit Pakistan
01:27Armed forces say indigenous anti-drone systems
01:30Took down Pakistan's Turkish-made drones
01:33Made in India weapons
01:35Triumphed against Chinese ammunition
01:37You can see some quadcopters
01:41And you can see one odd sonka drone
01:44Hanging by the wire
01:45All these have been brought down
01:47By our trained crew
01:49And air defence systems
01:51Armed forces responding to the reports
01:55Of strike on a park nuke base
01:58Air force
01:59Very categorically says
02:00Did not hit the Kirana hill in Pakistan
02:03Then also
02:04Going on to quote
02:06From the Ram Charitmanis
02:07As a peace message
02:08Says
02:08Must strike fear
02:10If you want peace
02:11We have not hit Kirana hills
02:15Whatever is there
02:16Okay
02:17I did not brief
02:18In my briefing yesterday
02:19Outlining
02:21Outlining the specifics
02:22Of that response
02:23I have already made it clear
02:24That there will be a response
02:26And it will be fierce
02:27Meanwhile
02:31There was an India-Pakistan
02:32Military-level DGMO talks
02:34It was scheduled for noon
02:36But has been delayed
02:37India will be raising
02:38Ceasefire violation
02:39By Pakistan on 10th of May
02:41Which came after
02:42The truce announcement
02:43Indian airspace
02:49Opens for commercial flights
02:51Pan-India commercial flight movement
02:52Has resumed
02:5332 Indian airports
02:55Were shipped temporarily
02:56The big news coming in right now
03:16Prime Minister Narendra Modi
03:17Is set to address the nation
03:19At 8pm
03:20Stay tuned
03:20That's going to be our big story
03:22This is going to be the first message
03:23Remember
03:24The first address
03:25By Prime Minister Narendra Modi
03:27On Operation Sindur
03:29Till now
03:29Prime Minister of course
03:30Was consistently
03:31In key huddles and meetings
03:32Constantly was tracking
03:34Operation details
03:35But after chairing
03:37The key meeting
03:37A few hours ago
03:39At his residence
03:397 LKM
03:40The first message
03:42The first address
03:43To the nation
03:44From Prime Minister Modi
03:45At 8pm
03:46Now who was in that
03:47High-level meeting
03:48Images on your screen
03:48NSA
03:49CDS
03:50Dry Services
03:50Chief attended the meeting
03:51Raksha Mantri
03:53External Affairs Minister
03:54Also a part of that meeting
03:56Remember the briefings
03:57Have been made
03:58Consistently
03:58Daily
03:59Over the next few hours
04:01Also likely
04:01That will continue
04:02But because in the past few days
04:04Especially since the day one
04:06Of the strike
04:06At the terror targets
04:07Then the military targets
04:09What will be a part
04:11Of Prime Minister Modi's
04:12Address to the nation
04:14So that's the big news
04:15Coming in right now
04:16We are being joined
04:17By our managing editor
04:18Gaurav Sawant
04:19Reporters on the ground
04:20Shreya Chatterjee
04:21Piyush Mishra as well
04:22First to you Gaurav
04:24As you join me
04:25The first address
04:26To the nation
04:27Coming in
04:27From Prime Minister Modi
04:28At 10pm
04:29What is
04:30According to your
04:31Understanding
04:32That will be a part
04:34Of this address
04:35The Prime Minister
04:38Perhaps will address
04:39The nation
04:40About why
04:41Operation Sindhu
04:42Was required
04:42And the fact
04:44That India
04:44Being a peaceful nation
04:46Had to target terror
04:48At source
04:49Because despite
04:50Our repeated requests
04:52To Pakistan
04:52Despite India
04:53Handing over
04:54Multiple dossiers
04:55To Pakistan
04:56Unfortunately
04:57Governments in Pakistan
04:59Did not take any action
05:00Against terror
05:01Prime Minister Narendra Modi
05:02In 2014
05:03When he was sworn in
05:04As Prime Minister
05:05For the first time
05:06He had invited
05:07All the Sark
05:08Heads of states
05:09And government
05:10To his swearing in
05:11Because the aim
05:12Was to build
05:13And take this region
05:14Forward together
05:15And then Prime Minister
05:17Nawaz Sharif
05:17Had also come to India
05:19There had just been
05:20An attack on an Indian
05:21Consulate
05:21In Afghanistan
05:22In 2014
05:23And despite that
05:25India's effort was
05:26Let's move forward
05:27Together
05:28Let's take this region
05:29Together
05:29Benefit from India
05:31And every action
05:32Taken by Prime Minister
05:33Narendra Modi
05:34Was for the benefit
05:35Of the region
05:35Whether it was
05:36A satellite
05:37That would benefit
05:38The region
05:38Whether it was
05:39Connectivity
05:41Energy
05:42Oil
05:43Water
05:44Entire focus
05:45Was
05:45We will take
05:46This region
05:47Together
05:47It was only
05:48Held back
05:49By Pakistan
05:50State sponsored
05:50Radical Islamist
05:51Terror
05:51We've bled
05:53Considerably
05:53You'd recall
05:542016
05:56When the
05:56Pathankot airbase
05:57Was attacked
05:58The Prime Minister
05:59The Prime Minister
05:59Also let Pakistan's
06:00ISI come to India
06:02And carry out
06:03An investigation
06:03They registered a case
06:04In a Gujarawala
06:06Police station
06:06In Pakistan
06:07And yet
06:07Investigations
06:08Did not happen
06:09Therefore
06:10After Uri
06:10India hit back
06:11With a surgical strike
06:12After Pulwama
06:14Hit back
06:14With an airstrike
06:15At Balakot
06:16And yet
06:17When Pakistan
06:18Continued to target
06:19India through terror
06:20Not in the rest of the country
06:21But even in JNK
06:22Pahalgaam
06:23Was the last straw
06:24That broke the camel's back
06:26You know
06:26So to say
06:27And especially
06:28When those
06:29When those terrorists
06:30When that
06:30Unfortunately
06:31When that widow
06:32After her husband
06:33Was killed
06:34When she said
06:34Mujhe bhi mar do
06:35He said
06:36Nahi ja ke Modi ko bolo
06:37So what was
06:38The Prime Minister's response
06:39And the Government of India's response
06:41Or the Armed Forces response
06:42Why that action
06:43Against terror followed
06:45Perhaps we will hear
06:46India's explanation
06:47On being a peaceful country
06:49And yet
06:50The philosophy of our nation
06:52Shakti se shanti
06:53You know
06:55Air Marshal Bharti
06:56D.G. Air
06:58Spoke of
06:59Ramcharit Manas
07:00Bhai Bin Hodhna Preet
07:01It's also what
07:02Rashtra Kavir Ramdhari Singh Dinkar said
07:04Sharm mein hi basti hai
07:05Deepti vinai ki
07:06You know
07:07Strength comes
07:08When you are strong
07:09The weak
07:10Can never
07:11Either forgive
07:12Or be friends
07:14When you are strong
07:14People will want to be friends with you
07:16Poetry in our scriptures
07:18As message clearly
07:20Even
07:20Remember centuries later
07:22Is being quoted
07:22For a reason
07:23Gaurav
07:24Please stay on with me
07:25Shreya Chatterjee
07:25Piyush
07:26Mishra also joins us
07:26Piyush
07:27You've been literally posted
07:29Right outside
07:307LKM for days
07:31Tracking all these
07:32Huddles
07:32And meetings
07:33You've been tracking
07:34The high level meetings
07:35That have taken place
07:36The briefings
07:37That have been on
07:38Tell me at about
07:398pm
07:40What are we expecting
07:41As Prime Minister
07:42Modi's address
07:42Well Pooja
07:47It's going to be a very big
07:49Briefing by Prime Minister
07:50He's going to address
07:51The nation
07:51And this is the first
07:52Big address
07:53Coming in from Prime Minister
07:54After the successful
07:56Operation
07:57Sindhu
07:57Remember that Prime Minister
07:58In the past
07:59More than two weeks
08:00Has held
08:00Multiple meetings
08:02According to official data
08:03Available with us
08:03More than 25 top level meetings
08:05Have been chaired by
08:06PM Narendra Modi
08:07And today in the morning
08:08Itself
08:08He was there
08:10With a meeting
08:10In which
08:11Tri-Services Chief
08:13Presenter
08:14Rajna Singh
08:15Was there
08:16And other officials
08:19Were also present
08:20And remember
08:20That after that
08:21High level meeting
08:22He also chaired a meeting
08:23With NACRG Doval
08:24And with Indian Air Force
08:26Chief Air Marshal
08:27I.P. Singh
08:28So multiple meetings
08:29Prime Minister has shared
08:30And he himself
08:30Has been personally
08:31Monitoring each
08:33And every development
08:33And when operations
08:34Were being carried out
08:35At that time
08:36Also Prime Minister
08:37You know
08:38Man looked into
08:39The operations
08:40Throughout the night
08:41He was being
08:42Continued to be briefed
08:43By NACRG Doval
08:44So after the successful
08:46Operation Sindhuur
08:47And also after
08:48Giving a befitting reply
08:49To Pakistan
08:50Where we have not only
08:51Hit up
08:52Terror targets
08:53In Pakistan
08:54But also the military
08:55Installations
08:56Air bases
08:56Have been hit and damaged
08:58After the kind of
08:59Strong actions
09:00Which we have taken
09:01Against Pakistan
09:02Prime Minister
09:02Is going to address
09:04The nation
09:04Certainly
09:05It is going to
09:06Focus most likely
09:07On the India's
09:08Achievements
09:09Remember that
09:10There are multiple
09:11Points on which
09:12We have achieved
09:12Because this time
09:13We not only
09:14Have achieved this
09:16But we also
09:17Rule the skies
09:18We know how to
09:19Defend ourselves
09:20We know each and
09:21Everything
09:21And Pakistan also
09:22Knows our capabilities
09:23So after that
09:24Big operation
09:25Now Prime Minister
09:26Is going to
09:27Address the nation
09:28And tell the nation
09:29About India's capability
09:31All right
09:32Pius stay on with me
09:33Shreya also
09:34Continues to be with us
09:36Also Sandeep Unithan
09:37Joins me
09:37Sandeep of course
09:39There will be
09:39A lot of people
09:40Curious to see
09:41What does Prime Minister
09:42Modi finally say
09:43What is that message
09:44Addressed to the nation
09:45Do you think
09:46The focus will be
09:47On the achievements
09:49Of Operation Sindur
09:50And in many ways
09:51To alley any concerns
09:53That people of India
09:54Had that
09:55Should we have
09:56Gone ahead
09:56Do you think
09:57That could be
09:57A message
09:58That could come in
09:59From Prime Minister
09:59Modi
10:00Absolutely
10:01You know
10:02I feel that
10:03Yesterday
10:03You got the
10:04Tactical messages
10:05From the military
10:06DGMOs
10:07Air Force
10:08Navy and Army
10:09And today
10:10You are likely
10:11To get the
10:11Strategic message
10:12From Prime Minister
10:13Modi
10:14And today
10:14Is Budh Purnima
10:15I must tell you
10:16This that
10:16Budh Purnima
10:17Is very important
10:19When it comes to
10:19India's
10:20Strategic history
10:22In the past
10:23You had
10:2311th of May
10:241998
10:25When Prime Minister
10:26Vajpayee
10:27Tested nuclear weapons
10:28He ordered the nuclear
10:29Weapon test
10:30That was a very
10:30Very big step
10:31And today
10:33Is Budh Purnima
10:34Again
10:34You are going to hear
10:35From Prime Minister
10:36Modi
10:36Talking about
10:37How India
10:39Was not deterred
10:40By Pakistan's
10:41Nuclear weapons
10:42Enabled terrorism
10:43Something that India
10:45Has had to
10:45Rackon with
10:46For 27 years
10:48After Pakistan
10:49Nuclearized itself
10:50Used terrorism
10:52As an instrument
10:53Of state policy
10:54And protected that
10:55Terrorism
10:56With nuclear weapons
10:57So I think
10:57We are going to see
10:58The big message
10:59Here
10:59The big picture
11:00Painted by
11:01Prime Minister Modi
11:02Talking not only
11:03About Pakistan
11:04And terrorism
11:05But a message
11:06Beyond that
11:07That India's battle
11:08Essentially is not
11:09With the people
11:10Of Pakistan
11:11It is with terrorism
11:13And look at the way
11:14We have targeted
11:15Terrorism in Pakistan
11:17We have hit only
11:19The terrorist infrastructure
11:20The military was called in
11:22To strike at the
11:23Pakistan Air Force
11:24Only after the
11:25Pakistan Air Force
11:26Struck back at us
11:27In several waves
11:29And it is only then
11:30That the Indian military
11:31Targeted the Pakistan
11:32Military
11:33The army and the air force
11:34In two waves
11:35And the most
11:36Unprecedented
11:37Airstrikes
11:38Ordered against Pakistan
11:40Possibly in India's
11:41History
11:41Post 1947
11:42And there is a small
11:43Little anecdote
11:45That I picked up
11:45On why 11 air bases
11:48Was selected
11:50Why 11 targets
11:51And I went back
11:52To the 1971
11:53Preemptive strikes
11:55Ordered by the
11:56Pakistan Air Force
11:57Against Indian targets
11:58On the 3rd of December
11:591971
12:00Pakistan attacked
12:0111 Indian air bases
12:03From Jammu and Kashmir
12:05Right down to
12:05Buj and Gujarat
12:06That number 11
12:07Was significant
12:08That operation
12:09Was called
12:10Operation
12:10Changez Khan
12:11And today
12:12I think
12:12The Indian air force
12:13Has given a response
12:14To that
12:15Operation
12:15Changez Khan
12:1654 years later
12:17These are the largest
12:18Operations launched
12:20By the Indian air force
12:21In a single day
12:22Across
12:233000 kilometers
12:24The Indian air force
12:25Has come of age
12:26But of course
12:27You will hear more
12:27About India's role
12:29In the world today
12:31India the land
12:32Of not only
12:33Gautam Bud
12:34But also
12:35Shivaji
12:36Modi and
12:37Maharana Pratap
12:38You are going to hear
12:39Some of that from
12:40Prime Minister Modi
12:42And Bhagawan Ram
12:43From the anecdotes
12:44And the poetry
12:44That was quoted
12:45By the military
12:46As well
12:46The land of warriors
12:48The land of sages
12:49And the land of warrior sages
12:50And who always wanted peace
12:53But they have also responded
12:54In self defence
12:55As and when required
12:56Sandeep you made a very
12:57Interesting point
12:58About Budh Purnima
12:59Is it just a coincidence
13:00That Prime Minister Modi
13:01Is set to address
13:02The nation tonight
13:04On that day
13:05But we will of course
13:06Know from what the speech
13:07Say
13:07Stay on with me
13:08Because I want to bring
13:09In Shreya as well
13:10Shreya
13:11At a moment like this
13:12The last time
13:13That we heard
13:14Prime Minister Modi
13:14Was in the aftermath
13:15Of the Pehelgaab massacre
13:17Constantly reassuring the people
13:19Because there was this patience
13:20Running out amid public
13:21And he
13:22With Home Minister Amit Shah
13:23Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
13:24Kept assuring
13:25Be rest assured
13:27We will go after
13:28The planners
13:28And backers of terror
13:29And of course
13:30With regard to
13:31Military targets as well
13:32Now we will hear
13:34Prime Minister Modi
13:34On one
13:36Why Operation Sindhur
13:37How was it organised
13:38And the achievements
13:39That Indians must be
13:40Proud of from it
13:41There is no denial
13:47That the messaging
13:47Will be around that
13:48But be rest assured
13:49That this message
13:50Is not just for the nation
13:51But the global community
13:53And that is exactly
13:54Why I agree
13:55With what
13:55Sandeep just suggested
13:57I am outside
13:577LKM right now
13:58And when we actually
13:59Got the news
14:00A lot of us
14:01Also aligned it
14:02With the fact
14:02That it is not
14:03A mere coincidence
14:04That he chose
14:05To speak on a day
14:05When it is
14:06Budapurnima
14:06And also because
14:08The DGMO level
14:08Talks are over
14:09The reason being so
14:11That the message
14:11To the global community
14:12Is likely to be clear
14:14That India does not
14:15Mean war
14:16This is something
14:17That has been
14:17Forced upon us
14:18So that is probably
14:19Going to be
14:20The line of message
14:21To the global community
14:22To the nation
14:23It will be on the lines
14:24That be rest assured
14:25We will continue
14:27To deal Pakistan
14:28With iron hands
14:29Because we have now
14:30Also changed
14:31Our doctrine
14:32So far as dealing
14:33With how we see
14:34A war
14:34From now on
14:35Any act of terrorism
14:37Will be seen
14:37As an act of war
14:38So double messaging
14:39One to the nation
14:40And the other
14:41To the global community
14:42Just you're on with me
14:44Sandeep I have
14:45One more question here
14:45The question is
14:46That also
14:47We must have noticed
14:48How Prime Minister Modi
14:49Let the military
14:50Speak first
14:51He is after all
14:53Leader of the country
14:53He could have made
14:54The first address
14:55He let the operational details
14:57The victory aspect of it
14:58The ammunition aspect of it
15:00Come through the military
15:01Because he had also said
15:03I give complete
15:04Operational freedom
15:05For timing mode target
15:06To the armed forces
15:08And we've seen
15:08That performance come in
15:09And now he's deciding
15:11To come forth
15:11And make that address
15:12He's doing
15:14What every great leader does
15:16He empowers
15:18His subordinates
15:19And in this case
15:20It is the defence ministry
15:21It's defence minister
15:22Rajanath Singh
15:23It is the service chiefs
15:24Because the military option
15:26Was exercised by
15:27The military
15:28These are matters
15:29Best handled by the military
15:30The prime minister
15:31Gave them
15:31You know
15:32Full freedom
15:33To prosecute
15:35The military operations
15:36As they thought fit
15:36And the armed forces
15:38Have done a fantastic job
15:39And if you see the briefing
15:40It's one of the best briefings
15:42I would think
15:42In recent years
15:43Where they have very clinically
15:45Directly analysed
15:47All of this
15:47But you know
15:48Pooja
15:49The biggest risk taker
15:51Here in this whole game
15:52Was the prime minister
15:53He's taken one of the biggest risks
15:55In his political career
15:56And I'll tell you why
15:57Because attacking another
15:59Nuclear armed state
16:01Even one that
16:02Encourages terrorism
16:03The way Pakistan
16:04Is doing it all by yourself
16:06No other country
16:07Has done this
16:08In the past
16:09Pakistan is the only country
16:11To have enabled
16:12Nuclear weapons
16:13Enabled terrorism
16:14And of course
16:15Bled India
16:16With a thousand cuts
16:17But prime minister Modi
16:18Has taken that risk
16:19He's empowered the air force
16:21To strike at all
16:22Of these targets
16:23And you know
16:24I'll give you a small example
16:25Of how difficult it was
16:26Pooja
16:27The fact is that
16:28You know
16:28The NSG
16:28The National Security Guard
16:30Have something called
16:31A Rubaya target
16:32Their commandos
16:33Are among the best
16:34Sharpshooters in the country
16:35They're trained on something
16:36Called the Rubaya target
16:37Which is basically
16:38A terrorist holding a hostage
16:40That commandos are asked
16:42To shoot only the terrorists
16:43Of course
16:44And this is what
16:45They do very well
16:46I would think
16:47That this operation
16:48Operation Sindur
16:49Was something like that
16:50Rubaya target
16:51Shooting
16:52Where you had to strike
16:53Only at the terrorists
16:54Not allowing for
16:56Any civilian collateral
16:58That's exactly how complicated
16:59This operation was
17:00Which is what they
17:02Did on the first day
17:03And it speaks highly of India
17:04The distress
17:05The anger that we had
17:06After Pahlga massacre
17:07In fact after any terror attack
17:09On our civilians
17:10And yet for a professional army
17:11And a democracy
17:12To decide
17:13That we will teach a lesson
17:14To Pakistan
17:15But only with their terror targets
17:17If required
17:18Like we saw this time
17:19In response to the military targets
17:20But to avoid people as much
17:22Even though
17:22They were still targeting
17:24Our civilians
17:25Along the line of control
17:26Absolutely Pooja
17:27You know that is what we are
17:28This is what we do
17:29We do not
17:30Our enmity
17:31Is not with the people of Pakistan
17:33It is with the terrorists
17:35And it is with their state sponsors
17:37In this case
17:37The Pakistan military
17:39If you look at it
17:40The Pakistan Air Force briefing
17:41That was on
17:42Attacking the Indian Air Force
17:44Which was taking out
17:46Terror targets inside Pakistan
17:47What are they going to go
17:49And tell their children
17:49That we were shooting
17:51At an air force
17:51That was striking
17:52At terrorist targets
17:52Shooting at civilians
17:53Shooting at civilians
17:54I mean this is the kind of
17:56You know
17:57War that the Pakistan military
17:58Has always fought
18:00Since 1947
18:01In Jammu and Kashmir
18:02The atrocities
18:03That have been unleashed
18:04In 1947
18:05In 1965
18:0671
18:07In East Pakistan
18:09Later Bangladesh
18:10This is the Pakistan military's
18:12Way of war
18:13And no humility
18:14I noticed this
18:15Desperation to claim victory
18:17That is coming in
18:18When in fact
18:18It is India
18:19And Indian military
18:20That have managed to hit
18:21Where it hurts
18:22Sandeep and to
18:23All our colleagues
18:24Piyush and Shreya
18:25Please stay on with me
18:25The last time we heard
18:27Prime Minister Modi
18:28Remember was right
18:28Two days after
18:29The Pahlgaam massacre
18:30And the distress
18:31That all Indians were facing
18:32When 26
18:33Innocent man
18:3425 Indian citizens
18:36One Nepali citizen
18:37Was shot at point blank range
18:39We'll never forget it
18:40Here's what Prime Minister Modi
18:42Had said at that time
18:43To the public
18:44Vowing to punish
18:45The terror groups
18:46Vowing to punish
18:48I have aistically
18:49overly
18:50Other preaching
18:51I want to just say
18:52A very
18:55Being
18:56I would call
18:57A very
18:58A very
19:12That
19:13You would have
19:14A very
19:14Your
19:16Today, from the soil of Bihar, I say to the whole world, India will identify, track and
19:41punish every terrorist and their backer.
19:48We will pursue them to the ends of the earth.
19:59India's spirit will never be broken by terrorism.
20:04Terrorism will not go unpunished.
20:10Every effort will be made to ensure that justice is done.
20:17The entire nation is formed in this resolve.
20:23Everyone who believes in humanity is with us.
20:32Remember this, that as the Indian military decided to strike the terror targets deep inside
20:37Pakistan territory, and then also another response to the military targets, Pakistan called up
20:42on an emergency hotline to Indian military, appealing, begging for a ceasefire agreement,
20:47and an understanding, at least to begin with.
20:50Now, likely ahead of the talks that we are expecting again between the DGMOs.
20:54It was scheduled earlier this afternoon, but we hear that it's been delayed for now.
20:58But a key meeting was held at Prime Minister Modi's residence.
21:01CDS, Tri-Services Chiefs, Defence Minister NSA Ajit Dawal were present in that meeting at 7LKM.
21:08Now, the DGMO talks likely to be held over a hotline in the next few hours.
21:13The focus will be, remember, according to our sources,
21:15one, Pakistan to ask for the Indus water to continue to be released, to not be stopped.
21:21India, remember, made it very clear during the DGMO military talks earlier as well,
21:25Indus water treaty will not be discussed.
21:28Sources have told India today, India will not share any hydrological information with Pakistan.
21:33India will continue to build our infra projects on three northern rivers,
21:37because we don't owe anything to Pakistan on this.
21:40Prime Minister Modi also told the forces,
21:42if Pakistan this time again takes two bullets, especially against our civilians or military,
21:48India will hit them back with missiles.
21:51Sources also added, Prime Minister Modi spoke to US Vice President J.D. Vance,
21:55making it very clear, if Pakistan attempts any misadventure here on,
22:00it would get a stronger and a more devastating response.
22:04Any future act of terror will be seen as an act of war by India.
22:10The Indian Armed Forces, meanwhile, remember, reiterating again, two days in a row,
22:15that only terrorists and terror infrastructure were the big target for India.
22:20We avoided especially hitting the civilians.
22:23That's the kind of restrain and professionalism Indian military has shown.
22:27However, the Pakistan military, even though the military was not the target initially, remember,
22:31but Pakistan military decided to intervene and supported the terrorists instead.
22:36Thereby, India decided to give a befitting response.
22:39Air Marshal A.K. Bharati confirming, Indian military bases remain intact.
22:44All our bases are fully operational. Do not fall for Pakistan propaganda.
22:49And that Indian side has, if at all, incurred only a minor loss.
22:54The Indian Armed Forces also stating that Pakistan drone and rocket attacks failed to even penetrate into India's multi-layered air defence system.
23:02And during Operation Sindhu, remember the Chinese PL-15 missile?
23:06That Turkish drones effectively destroyed.
23:09And these are not just claims.
23:10This is all from evidence, pictures, images, videos from on the ground.
23:14The forces categorically denying though, because there was a lot of speculation over it,
23:19about any reports that Indian Air Force may have struck the Kirana Hills in Pakistan's Punjab,
23:24an area speculated to be for long housing the elements of Islamabad's nuclear arsenal.
23:30Here's what the senior officers from the Indian military had to say.
23:35I would like to highlight again that in every single domain that Operation Sindhu has been prosecuted,
23:45there has been absolute synergy between the three services.
23:49Not only have we, in this endeavour, been fully supported by our government, departments and agencies,
23:59I cannot here not mention our 140 crore countrymen that have stood behind us with their prayers and goodwill,
24:08urging and inspiring us to achieve our mission and objectives.
24:14For that, we salute you.
24:17You are indeed the best.
24:19I hope so.
24:20I hope so.
24:22Before thiswheeler has completed that,
24:26in the day of the 9 and 10 Ma'ay,
24:32that, when the Pakistan Air Force experienced the operational airfields and logistics installations,
24:34for a time of 9 and 10 Ma'ay or 10 Ma'ay,
24:36it was that, and it,
24:38in the way,
24:40This grid has been influenced by one way, you are seeing how many layers from the international boundaries, radars, counter unmanned aerial systems, shoulder fired weapons, our vintage air defense weapons, which have been in our state for a long time.
25:05Air Marshal Bharti has also talked about it. And last, our modern air defense weapons systems.
25:12So, there was no chance that Pakistan Air Force is able to target our airfields or logistic installations.
25:27They are doing what they are doing. Information is not forthcoming from there. Obviously, that is expected.
25:33And they would do whatever it takes to assuage their people and minimize whatever information about the damage comes out.
25:43Here, I would like to clarify, as I said yesterday, our fight is with the terrorists. Our fight is not with the Pakistan military or Pakistan civilian.
25:54So, that is very clear. And we are very clear in our targeting.
25:58The other side is trying to make out a story. Well, it is for them to answer. And it really is not a military question for us to answer here.
26:08We have done our job. We have done what we are expected to do. And that is it.
26:15Shown on the screen is a probable enemy PL-15 missile, which is of Chinese origin.
26:21Shown on the screen, this missile has missed its target and you can see the pieces now which are available with us.
26:32Another weapon system or weapon which was found was the long-range rocket, the pieces of which you can now see on the screen.
26:43We have talked about the loiter munitions and the unmanned aerial systems. And here are some of the glimpses of those systems which we have brought down.
26:56To your right, with the right undercarriage or the wheel you can see is the YIHA system, which is of Chinese origin with Pakistan.
27:06You can see some quadcopters and you can see one or Sankar drone hanging by the wire.
27:13All these have been brought down by our trained crew and air defense systems.
27:19The YIHA drones are of Turkish origin.
27:22On social media, Twitter is abuzz with the fact that we hit a site called Kirana Hills, which is supposed to be the nuclear storage facility.
27:30And there is a lot of rumors about Sargoda. There are foreign analysts who have mentioned that the Sargoda attack led to certain leaks.
27:41Is there a confirmation that we actually hit Kirana Hills or we were careful of not to do any such thing? Thank you.
27:50Thank you for telling us that Kirana Hill houses some nuclear installation. We did not know about it.
27:57Okay. And we have not hit Kirana Hills, whatever is there. Okay. I did not brief in my briefing yesterday. Thank you.
28:07In the current standoff, the presence of our aircraft carrier with large number of MiG-29K fighters and airborne early warning helicopters prevented any suspicious or hostile aircraft to close the carrier battle group within several hundred kilometers.
28:27The fleet operates as a composite forces. The fleet operates as a composite force maintaining a surveillance bubble at extended ranges using advanced radars.
28:38Any aerial target that attempts to penetrate this bubble is detected and identified using various techniques and technologies affording quick and clear distinction between commercial, neutral and hostile aircraft or flying objects at ranges in excess of the anticipated attack range.
29:03The carrier battle group with its integral air wing provides the first layer of this layered mechanism.
29:12Adequately equipped and trained to high degree of proficiency, our pilots are able to operate both by day and night.
29:22We will always remember India had the coordinates for these terror targets but this time to hit where it hurts.
29:29Bahawalpur, Muridke, other terror camps as well. How did India achieve and talking about it, revealing it with evidence before and after.
29:38Joining me Gaurav Sawant specifically about these terror camps that were hit and how. Gaurav, take us through the details.
29:44India's aim was to punish terror and India targeted initially the nine terror camps in Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir and in Pakistan's Punjab province.
29:59The impression was that India would never target terror at its roots in Pakistan's Punjab province.
30:06Whether it is in Lahore, Lahore of course also has a radar site but these are some of the terror targets and military installations that India was forced to target.
30:16So initially in white are those terror camps that India had targeted on day one.
30:23So Merkaz-e-Taiba in Muridke.
30:25Then Sarjal is of Jaish-e-Muhammad.
30:28This is a camp which is in Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
30:31Mehmuna Joya, Sialkot.
30:34Merkaz-e-Hadidh in Bernala Bimbar is Lashkar-e-Taiba.
30:38Now these are in Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
30:41The one in green is proper Pakistan as they say in Pakistan's Punjab province.
30:48So now let me talk about the military targets that were targeted and take a look at this.
30:53Day one India said we are only targeting terror.
30:56If Pakistan does not escalate, India does not want to escalate.
31:00That was the point that India made after hitting terror at source in Bahawalpur and in Muridke and in Sialkot and POJK.
31:08But when Pakistan army came to the defence of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Muhammad and Hezbollah Mujahideen
31:15and in India whether it was in Jammu and Kashmir or in Punjab or in Rajasthan or even here in Gujarat
31:21targeted military installations and put lives of Indian civilians at peril.
31:26India chose to hit and that too was a graded response.
31:30India targeted 11 military installations in Pakistan plus two radar sites.
31:37Each time it was a graded response.
31:39Initially, a couple of runways.
31:41So let me take you through that.
31:43Noor Khan, this is right at Islamabad, the heart of Pakistan's Punjab, Rawalpindi.
31:50It was in Rawalpindi that India hit the command and control structure.
31:55Murid.
31:56Murid is where UAVs were being sent to target India.
31:59It's a very important air base again in proper Punjab or proper Pakistan as they put it.
32:05Sargodha.
32:06This is what everyone is talking about.
32:09Sargodha is not just one of the most important air bases and largest air bases, one of the largest in Pakistan.
32:17It has a tiered air defense system all aimed at India.
32:21So it has four layers of security of man pads or the surface to air, you know, man launchable systems, surface to air missile systems.
32:32Then they have tier two, then short range surface to air missiles and then long range surface to air missiles.
32:39They have everything for the protection of Sargodha, Gujarawala and Rafiki in close contact.
32:46Because this is where Pakistan's so-called nuclear assets, the Kirana Hills that everyone's talking about.
32:51This is where India targeted not just the runway, which is a signal, but also certain hangers, the F-16 facilities and certain other locations.
33:02Gujarawala was a radar site and this is what makes Pakistan blind.
33:07Because the moment you target a radar site of a country, including in Lahore, the Lahore radar station was taken out.
33:14The Chunya radar station was taken out.
33:16The moment you target somebody's radars, the missiles don't know where to aim, the missiles cannot track.
33:22That is where India first blinded Pakistan's air defense or a section of it here, then launched these missile strikes at multiple locations across Pakistan's Punjab province.
33:34But also did not leave Bolari.
33:37This is in Sindh.
33:39This is a very important hangers site.
33:41It's the latest air base in Pakistan.
33:43And also the Malerka and Karachi, it's an air defense site.
33:47So from every site, the moment you target this, if India wanted to strike from sea, India could have struck from sea.
33:54This is a signal that's going out to Pakistan.
33:57Jacobabad, very important.
33:59F-16 air defense attack, all of that comes out of Jacobabad.
34:04Sakar, UAV and radar hangers targeted.
34:07Rafiki, very important air base of Pakistan Air Force where they have their fighter jets and their main UAVs.
34:14These unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned combat aerial vehicles alongside a lot of their aircraft or UAVs were destroyed in the hangar, including some that had just come in from a country that pretends to be India's friend, but was arming Pakistan.
34:29So in all of this, when you see all across Pakistan's border that faces India, Skardu is in Pakistan, occupied Jammu in Kashmir.
34:37Bulari is in Sindh and proper Punjab.
34:40Pakistan has been hit all over.
34:43And this was demonstrative.
34:45Some damage to their air traffic controller, some damage to the hangars, some damage to the aircraft, some damage to their air defense, some damage to their personnel.
34:54In war, there would be five waves all across.
34:59Nothing can stop the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, the air launch BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, the Rafale launch meteors or the scalps, the hammers and when the assault happens from sea.
35:12So nowhere in Pakistan is safe for terror.
35:15That's the message that India gave out to Pakistan.
35:18And in a way, this is retribution from the parliament attack to IC 814 hijacked to 2611 Mumbai terror attacks to Pehelgaam.
35:27Terror of decades has been avenged in these strikes.
35:32Gaurav, thank you very much for this elaborate perspective.
35:35Remember, for the first time, the way you're looking at this map is very clear to detail to help you understand what does it mean.
35:42When we look at these statistics, it's not just about hitting terror targets, then military targets, but look at the precise strikes that happen.
35:50And we'll put that map out for you just again.
35:52Take a look at that.
35:53Look at the number of targets that India has hit in the past two to three days.
35:58Sandeep, I take this question to you.
36:00Such precise strikes, important locations, ensuring civilians are not hit.
36:05But first, let's begin with the terror targets.
36:07To have chosen areas, whether in POJK or, of course, Bahawalpur and Mureet K, was to establish.
36:14We're not going to go after simply planners or backers of terror, but those who organize these terrors,
36:19the operational hubs of Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hezboel Mujahideen.
36:23Absolutely, Pooja.
36:24You know, and I'd like to break the targets basically into two.
36:27Go ahead, yes.
36:28The first would be the terror targets, the infrastructure of terrorism, the Jaish headquarters in Bahawalpur,
36:34the LET headquarters in Mureet K, all of the other launch pads and such like.
36:38The second set of targets are the military targets.
36:41Now, it calls for enormous risk-taking ability.
36:45It calls for a lot of political sagacity to order these strikes as the Prime Minister has done, the Defence Minister has done.
36:52And, of course, the service chiefs have implemented these orders.
36:55Now, the thing is that with terror targets, it's very difficult to strike because you don't know where the terrorists are.
37:04You have to have precise ground intel.
37:06You need to know where the civilians are, where the terrorists are.
37:09So, this kind of an attack would have been very, very difficult.
37:12You need to have a lot of ground intel.
37:15You need to have the targets to be laced as in illuminated by laser beams so that the glide bombs can come and precisely hit it.
37:23So, these, the first strikes, the first wave of strikes of Ops Indoor were very, very complicated because you had to ensure you were hitting only the terrorist training infrastructure without causing any civilian collateral.
37:36Now, the second set of targets are the military targets.
37:39Now, this is something that the Indian Air Force is very well-versed with.
37:42It has a lot of this targeting information and they've been building it up for decades.
37:47They know exactly what is to be hit, when they have to hit it, what message needs to be sent, whether they need to hit 11, 15, 20, 25.
37:57There is nothing in Pakistan today, Pooja, that the Indian Air Force does not see.
38:02They look at it through the day, through the night in all weather conditions.
38:06True.
38:07So, hitting the military targets was not such a big deal.
38:09But hitting the terror targets, I would say, is far more complicated because you want to avoid collateral.
38:16You need to hit precisely where all of those hundred terrorists that the government of India said were killed in those attacks.
38:25You need to know precisely that they were there in the camps when they were struck.
38:29And remember, in 2019, you did the same in Balakot.
38:33Now, 2025 is Balakot into nine.
38:36You had to repeat that nine times over.
38:39You had to strike not only at Pakistan-occupied Kashmir camps over there, but also these four camps in Pakistan's Punjab province.
38:50Punjab province has never been attacked since the 1971 war.
38:54This is something that I think the Pakistan military hadn't gained either.
38:59Who would have thought that the IAF would launch these strikes at Mureetke and Bahawalpur, bang in the middle of all these populated centers.
39:07And that is why you have these surgical strikes that were carried out with such precision, such elan.
39:12And this is so close to Islamabad.
39:14So close to Islamabad, the kind of messaging that has been put out there.
39:17So it is really, you know, air operations of a very high order, Pooja.
39:22And I would argue that the Indian Air Force's golden age has begun.
39:25And very quickly, you know, the Narendra Modi government is one that has never shied from using air power.
39:34In the past, you can argue in 1962, there was an option to use air power, but the government of the day did not exercise air power.
39:42Our troops on the ground were mauled by the Chinese.
39:45We still had a far more capable air force than the Chinese.
39:48We could have saved the day if we had used air power in 62.
39:51We did not.
39:52In Kargil again, in 1999, air power entered only after the army had made contact with the Pakistan military.
39:59Whereas here, the Narendra Modi government started with the air force.
40:04This is a very, very big messaging.
40:07You know, in 2019, the airstrikes, nobody would have thought.
40:10In mainland Pakistan, in Khaibar Pakhtunkwa province, and now in Pakistan's Punjab province on the 6th of May.
40:18A big line has been crossed with Operation Sindur, and possibly Operation Sindur could be the template for further such airstrikes, surgical strikes, surgical airstrikes against terrorist infrastructure, Pooja.
40:31The incredible offensive power of the Indian air force that was put to use, and how it was for all to see.
40:36With evidence now, especially with before and after images.
40:39But Sandeep, stay on with me.
40:41Now, remember one.
40:42India decided to hit back, especially with our military power, and it failed to be intercepted in Pakistan.
40:48Because of all the Chinese, so to say, ammunition defense systems sold at such a high price to Pakistan, but it did not really work.
40:56But remember, Pakistan was sending missiles and drone attacks our way in our civilian population.
41:02How did India keep Pakistan missiles and drones that way?
41:05That is also important to understand how we were protecting our people and our military strategic targets.
41:11I want to take you through one by one. It's a matter of pride.
41:14Akash Teer is being called as India's Iron Dome, comparing it to Israel.
41:19What does that mean?
41:20This is an indigenous command and control air defense system developed by Bharat Electronics Limited,
41:25and enables the forces to intercept and neutralize Pakistan projectiles.
41:30It also simultaneously generates real-time data for us to understand what exactly is happening with regard to these interceptions,
41:37to precisely track aerial threats, collecting inputs from multiple radar systems and sensors like the AWAC,
41:44you must have heard of it in the past few days, acting as a digital nerve center of the air defense network.
41:50This was one of the big mentions.
41:53Of course, you must have heard of S-400.
41:55But Akash, Sandeep, I think it is a matter of pride, because we have collaborations,
42:00whether it's with Russia, Israel and more.
42:02But we also all these years were building our Akash Teer system.
42:06Tell me more about that, because it was not something that was widely discussed,
42:10but has literally saved us, protected our lives.
42:13Absolutely, Pooja.
42:14You know, credit must be given to the indigenous systems that we've put on display there.
42:19You know, with the IACCS, the Indian Air Forces Integrated Air Command and Control System,
42:25which marries various missiles with various capabilities in multi-layered air defense.
42:32The Akash is one very important, you know, leg of that air defense system.
42:37It covers a series of targets.
42:40It covers targets across India.
42:42It starts with a 20-kilometer range.
42:44It goes up.
42:45You have advanced models of the Akash missile system.
42:48And, you know, the Akash system is part of the IGMDP project, which began in 1983.
42:54And one of the, you know, project directors who actually helped put it together, Dr. Pralad,
43:01he must be a delighted man today to see the way the Akash has now come of age.
43:06It's an entirely indigenous defense system.
43:09In fact, everything about the Akash from its missile, the rocket boosters, the components, the seekers, the target acquisition radar, it is entirely indigenous.
43:20It's one of the very few missile systems, one of the few defense systems that we can export to any country we wish because we don't need to take permission from any other country.
43:29It is completely indigenous.
43:30It's a leap of faith that we took many years back.
43:33We persisted with it.
43:34The air force and the army have backed it with orders.
43:37And today it's come of age.
43:38And hopefully there will be very different variants of the Akash, you know, going up to make that iron dome that you mentioned over there.
43:46Stay on with me.
43:47One is the iron dome, which is to defend yourself.
43:50Another is the Akash missile system.
43:52What is that about?
43:53It's a mid-range surface-to-air missile system.
43:56And again, like the Akash Teer, developed domestically by the DRDO.
44:01This has a range of about 45 to 70 kilometers and that's where it comes to assistance in the border areas.
44:07Can engage multiple threats and simultaneously.
44:10This is also equipped with a 60-kilogram high-explosive warhead and boasts of advanced guidance systems.
44:17Now, all of this, Sandeep, was in the backdrop of a certain vision that our defense scientists had, a political will as well.
44:24And that in many ways is bearing a fruition ground because many civilians across the country may not have realized all this work that was being done.
44:31Unlike Pakistan that was getting ammunition on an emergency basis, whether it was from Turkey, China or more.
44:38Absolutely, Pooja.
44:40You know, there can be no replacement for indigenous missile systems, indigenous weaponry.
44:45And this, what you just outlined, the fact is that, you know, if you depend on foreign countries for your weapon systems and your ammunition,
44:54then what is going to happen is that you will very quickly run out of supplies
44:58and then you will have to beg them to send shipments, aerial shipments of these deliveries to keep fighting the war.
45:05And so the prognosis is very clear.
45:08If you want to fight your own wars, you have to be self-sufficient in all of your defense equipment.
45:14And this is something that the Modi government has pushed very, very successfully over the last five years.
45:20They've, you know, launched the Atmanirwar Bharat Initiative to create an indigenous defense industrial base,
45:27marrying together all of our scientific prowess, our DRDO's designs, the production facilities that exist in the public sector and the private sector,
45:36to create an indigenous defense industrial complex that can completely equip our armed forces with indigenous solutions.
45:45Because if you're going to fight long wars, as the Russia-Ukraine war has taught you, you have to be self-sufficient
45:50because countries might impose sanctions on you, they might deny you components, they might deny you parts.
45:56As we've seen in the past with India as well, when you take a very critical step of either going to war or testing nuclear weapons,
46:04then these countries will impose sanctions on you because they want to try and manipulate your behavior.
46:09So if you want to fight the wars that you believe are in your national interest, you must be completely self-sufficient,
46:17create your own defense industrial base, and not only create your defense industrial base,
46:21but also export weapon systems to build bridges with other countries, like-minded friends, allies, to cultivate your circle of friends.
46:30Because, you know, the final thing that I have to say, Pooja, is that if you want a seat at the UN Security Council,
46:39you cannot be importing security, which is what comes with imported weapons.
46:44When you're importing weapons, you are actually a net importer of security.
46:48And I think the government of India has realized that with this huge push for indigenous weapon systems,
46:53these positive indigenization lists, which is where they have brought out literally thousands of parts and weapons
47:02which they will not acquire from foreign sources, all of it will be built in India by Indian industry.
47:08Also, Sandeep, remember at a time like this, a lot of countries like we have seen will give out all sorts of statements.
47:15You don't know when that can change. And for example, we were the first to help Turkey during earthquake,
47:20only to have Turkey appear to be helping Pakistan instead.
47:24So these are reminders that we would rather be self-sufficient.
47:27Now let me come to you with the biggest name you must have heard, the Brahmo's missile,
47:31that was used in targeting whether the terror outfits or the military target.
47:36A cruise missile, ramjet engine, operational range of about 290 kilometers with an export version.
47:43The flight ceiling is at about 15 kilometers.
47:45The altitude with regard to this missile flight is about sea skimming, as low as 5 to 10 meters if required.
47:51The guidance system is active radar homing and the launch platform can be a warship,
47:57submarine, land, fighter, aircraft. This, Sandeep, I think, is very crucial.
48:03Before we go across to others as well. But importantly, Brahmo's, I think, is crucial.
48:07Because I think Jaish-e-Mohammed terror outfit was targeted in Bahawalpur, among other targets, was with regard to Brahmo's.
48:14Absolutely, Pooja. You know, the Brahmo's is a missile who I cannot emphasize the importance of.
48:21It is a missile that flies at three times the speed of sound.
48:24It is virtually impossible to intercept that missile.
48:27Once it is fired, the Brahmo's will go through the target like a hot knife through butter.
48:32Even if the warhead doesn't explode, it will destroy the target with a sheer kinetic energy.
48:37Imagine a missile hurtling at the speed of three times the speed of sound.
48:42And I believe, looking at the bomb damage assessment, I believe that the missile that hit the Jaish headquarters in Bahawalpur had done what is called a steep dive maneuver.
48:54Where the missile directly drops onto the target vertically. It goes through and explodes.
48:59Now the Brahmo's is in, we have three variants of the Brahmo's missile, as you mentioned.
49:04We have a surface-launched version. We have an air-launched version, which is carried by the Su-30s.
49:10And you have a sea-launched version, which is carried by warships.
49:13There is a fourth version as well, which is a submarine-launched version, which has been tested, but yet to find the platform.
49:19I'm sure the Indian Navy is working on getting a platform for the Brahmo's submarine-launched version very soon.
49:25But, you know, the importance of this missile is that we are one of the very few countries in the world, Pooja,
49:30that has what is called a universal supersonic cruise missile.
49:34Now, a universal missile is something that can be fired from a variety of launch platforms,
49:40whether from the air, from the surface, under the sea, all of those.
49:43So we have that missile in four variants. And it is a missile that actually originated in the Cold War.
49:51It was designed by the Soviet Union from a series of missiles that were designed to sink U.S. aircraft carriers by sheer kinetic energy.
49:59So this is a smaller version of that.
50:01Sandeep, amid all of this, when we are discussing these missiles, I can't help but not mention in these explanations the S-400.
50:08It's become a part of our arsenal dictionary as well in the past few days.
50:13India's Sudarshan Chakra, an advanced and potent air defense system.
50:17In many ways, the drone attacks coming our way, the missiles coming our way.
50:20The capability to protect against all sorts of aerial attacks was achieved by S-400.
50:26It can thwart drones, missiles, rockets, even fighter jets.
50:29It basically acts as a shield over a particular area, a long range surface to air missile system.
50:35It's also named SA-21 Growler by NATO.
50:38Yes.
50:39Developed by Russia's LMS Central Design Bureau, S-400 can engage intruding aircrafts.
50:44Can engage unmanned aerial vehicles, engage cruise missiles, ballistic missiles.
50:48Russia has been developing the S-400 since 1993.
50:52India procured it in 2018.
50:54It's coming to our assistance and how, in 2025, had it not been for S-400 perhaps, we could have sadly had casualties of our civilian population at a massive level in our cities and border areas too.
51:07On that note, I'll wrap up this bulletin.
51:09Thank you to Sandeep Unitan and all our colleagues on the ground as well.
51:12But stay tuned.
51:138pm, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first address to the nation.
51:17While Operation Sindhuur is still ongoing in many ways.
51:20But what will the PM say about the achievements, the reason and possibly why we have decided for now to indulge in a ceasefire?
51:28Thank you for watching Five Lives.
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