'India can strike entire Pakistan': Top army official on Operation Sindoor
PTC News Desk: India possess military capability to launch strikes across entire Pakistan and if the army mulls relocating its headquarters from Rawalpindi, it will need to find a very deep bunker to hide, said a top Indian Army officer.
"The whole of Pakistan is within range," Lieutenant General Sumer Ivan D'Cunha, Director General of Army Air Defence, said in an interview with news agency ANI.
"India has an adequate arsenal of weapons to take on Pakistan right across its depth. So, from its broadest to its narrowest, wherever it is, the whole of Pakistan is within range... The GHQ (General Headquarters) can move from Rawalpindi to KPK (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) or wherever they want to move, but they're all within range,” the Director General said.
#WATCH | Delhi: When asked how many drones were sent by Pakistan during the recent conflict, DG Army Air Defence Lt Gen Sumer Ivan D’Cunha says, "...I would say anything between maybe 800 to 1000 across the whole western border in four days. A large number of them were destroyed.… pic.twitter.com/S7YGs1X3ON — ANI (@ANI) May 19, 2025
“One thing for sure is that all the Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles [UCAV] which carried a payload, although they intended to harm our civilian population and they were directed towards population centres, we ensured that they did not cause any damage, and I think the proof of the pudding is actually in what we actually saw, that there were no civilian casualties,” the officer added.
India in one of the most massive strikes on Pakistan air bases mostly along the borders, targeted terror infrastructure across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The impact was so severe that it was felt deep inside the headquarters located in Rawalpindi.
In retaliation, the Pakistan Army attacked Indian border cities using drones and cross-border firing. Pakistan had launched nearly 800 to 1000 drones acoss he western border which were successfully intercepted and destroyed through coordinated efforts by the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
- PTC NEWS
