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Admiral DK Tripathi said that Indian Navy’s actions during Operation Sindoor and their “swift deployment and aggressive posturing” held the Pakistani navy captive.
Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi addresses attendees at an event. (IMAGE: PTI)
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi on Tuesday said that the Indian Navy could lead the charge against Pakistan and continue Operation Sindoor if terror-related incidents happen again.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the counter-terror operation is ongoing and terrorists, if found regrouping and plotting against India, from Pakistani soil, will be targeted and eliminated by the Indian military.
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Admiral Tripathi pointed out that during the operation Indian Navy was “swift and aggressive” in its deployment of units, which held the Pakistan Navy captive.
Operation Sindoor was a counter-terror operation Indian armed forces conducted earlier this year where India eliminated hardline Islamist terror strongholds inside Pakistan. The operation led to a conflict with Pakistan as it scrambled its military to save and protect the terrorists who killed 26 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The swift deployment and aggressive posturing of our units held the Pakistan navy captive in a way and forced them to request us to end kinetic actions. Sir, a few days ago, from the deck of INS Vikrant, you had assured the Indian Navy that Operation Sindoor has not ended, and if the need arises again, there is a probability that the opening will be done by the Indian Navy,” Tripathi said, according to a report by the Times of India.
Speaking in Visakhapatnam at the commissioning of two new frigates, INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi said the force had shown its ability to deliver “an overwhelming punch at sea” during Operation Sindoor. He stressed that in an era of “uncertainties and competition,” such capability remained a vital deterrent against India’s adversaries.
Highlighting the significance of the two Project 17A stealth frigates, Tripathi noted that Udaygiri and Himgiri are the 100th and 101st warships designed by India’s own warship design bureau. “Modern, state-of-the-art platforms like these make us more capable of delivering an opening knock-out punch to the enemy,” he said, recalling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emphasis on unique and customised systems as the foundation of national security.
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