Military Chief Normal Upendra Dwivedi asserted that Operation Sindoor was in contrast to any standard mission and that it was akin to enjoying a recreation of chess as “we didn’t know” what can be the enemy’s subsequent transfer.
In his tackle at a operate at IIT-Madras, he recalled the intricacies of India’s decisive army motion in Could on terror infrastructure in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam assault.
Utilizing the metaphor of the chess recreation, Gen Dwivedi stated, “In Operation Sindoor what we did, we performed chess. So, what does it imply? It means, we didn’t know what’s the subsequent transfer, the enemy goes to take, and what we’re going to do. That is one thing, we name.. the gray zone. Gray zone is that we’re not going for the standard operations. However, we’re doing one thing, simply wanting a standard operation.”
“Standard operation means, go along with every little thing, take every little thing you have got. And, if you’ll be able to come again, in any other case, keep there. That known as the standard method. Right here, the gray zone means any exercise that’s going down in all domains, that’s one thing we’re speaking about and Operation Sindoor taught us that that is the gray zone,” he stated.
“So, we had been making the chess strikes, and he (enemy) was additionally making the chess strikes. Someplace we had been giving him the checkmate and someplace we had been moving into for the kill on the danger of shedding our personal, however that is the way in which, life is all about,” the Military chief stated.
Beneath Operation Sindoor in Could, the IAF carried out precision strikes on a number of targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir linked to terror teams.
The operation was geared toward destroying terror infrastructure and neutralising key operatives in wake of the Pahalgam assault.
Revealed on August 10, 2025