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The IAF chief said the presence of "political will" was a key reason for the success in the operation.

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00:00Next 48 hours are very critical and also we also decided that if they attack any of our
00:10installations, military installations, we are going to reply with military attacking
00:16their military installations which matter to them.
00:19So, since we already had our plans ready, this point was debated and both the CNC's
00:27involved, the A Red Quarter and other services, we had taken a call that since they are mostly
00:34attacking us by air force and my air force bases are under threat, we should respond without
00:42waiting, you know, in case this continues tonight also.
00:47And sure enough, this time we had their attack on our airfields with not only just lighter
00:53ammunition, some of long range weapons, their aircraft tried to penetrate our defenses,
00:59our air defense systems have done a wonderful job.
01:03The S-400 system which we had recently bought has been a game changer.
01:09The range of that system has really kept their aircraft away from their weapons like, you know,
01:17those long range glide bombs that they have, they have not been able to use any one of those
01:22because they have not been able to penetrate the system.
01:25And during our first night, first sixth, seventh night, also air defense system had ensured that
01:34when they did their repost, their weapons, their fighter aircraft was threatened.
01:40That time they had come with some of those long range weapons which they had been able to penetrate
01:47into our defenses in Balakot time, if you remember.
01:50Some of the army, some of the bombs had fallen very close to army area.
01:54But this time, since we were ready to use our long range weapons of surface to air guided weapons,
02:03they were deterred. I think initially we found the buildup taking place, very massive buildup taking place.
02:12But once the first machine was fired from our side from the ground, we suddenly found that dissipation of that buildup.
02:23Based on specific intelligence, we had taken a call that here we have to attack the airfield.
02:29So the airfield was attacked and their building, the main building where their planning goes on,
02:44which is also used as a civil terminal building also at times.
02:50As far as Sukur airfield is concerned, we attacked their UAV hangar and a radar site.
02:56You have the visuals available here. This is the hangar which has been flattened.
03:03And this is the radar site which is before and after.
03:09Bulari, again, an AEWC hangar was attacked. And here we have very clear hint that there was an aircraft in sight when this attack was placed.
03:21Sargoda, we have grown up in our A force, dreaming about days like this.
03:28Someday we will get a chance to go there.
03:30So, it just so happens that I got my chance just before I retired.
03:36So, we attacked the A field there because we had very hard ink on F-16s taking off from there and the ones who were attacking us in Srinagar as well as in Adampur.
03:49So, we took on the A field there.
03:52Again, intentionally not taken on certain other installations in this A field because of some kind of calculation by us that that may lead to unnecessary escalation.
04:06And this is the last slide I have on this. That is Shaba's Jacoba-Bad airfield. One of them, again, major airfield that was attacked.
04:16And here there is an F-16 hangar which you can see here. And here this is the photograph again from open source from one of their earlier pictures of the same hangar.
04:29And here that hangar which is one half of the hangar is gone. And I am sure there were some aircraft inside which have got damaged there.
04:39So, if I can just sum it up what, you know, we were able to get there at least two command and control centers in like Murid and Chaklala that I have shown you one of the pictures.
04:50At least six radars. Some of them big, some of them small. Two SAGW system that is in Nahor and Okara. Then, of course, runway at Sargoda and Rahimiya Khan.
05:03Three hangars that we attacked. One was, of course, Sukur, the UAB hangar. The Bolari hangar of AEWNC. And Jacoba-Bad, the F-16 hangar.
05:14And we have indication of at least one AEWNC in that AEWC hangar. And a few F-16s which were under maintenance there. Mostly from, I am talking about fighter aircraft from S-400.
05:29We have at least five fighters confirmed kills and one large aircraft which could be either an Lint aircraft or an AEWNC aircraft.
05:39Which was taken on at a distance of about 300 kilometers. This is actually the largest ever recorded surface-to-air kill that we can talk about.
05:50And apart from, of course, this, there are a large number of UAVs, drones, some of their missiles which have fallen in our territory.
06:05Now, we're all aboutopardy.
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