'All our pilots are back home': Air Marshal AK Bharti

While briefing on Operation Sindoor, Air Marshal AK Bharti confirmed that all the Indian pilots are back home, adding that the objective of the operation was achieved.

"We are in a combat scenario and losses are part of combat. However, we have achieved all our objectives and all our pilots are back home," said the Air Marshal.

"We have downed a few Pakistani planes," said Air Marshal AK Bharti. He added that Pakistani planes were prevented from coming inside the Indian border. "So, we don't have wreckage with us, but definitely, we have downed a few Pakistani planes; numbers, we would not like to hazard a guess out here, I have the numbers and we are getting into technical details to establish it. So, I would like to put a figure at this time," said AK Bharti.


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Big warning for Pakistan

Director General Naval Operations Vice Admiral A N Pramod on Sunday said the Indian Navy has full maritime dominance and is prepared to deliver a massive blow in response to any provocation from Pakistan, under the ongoing framework of Operation Sindoor.

Vice Admiral Pramod issued a clear warning to Pakistan stating, "This time, if Pakistan dare take any action, Pakistan knows what we are going to do, that's all," he said.

Speaking in Delhi, the Director General Naval Operations said, "I will make few sentences and leave it for your imagination. First of all, we have quantitative and qualitative edge to deliver a massive blow to our adversary. And we completely dominate in the maritime front."

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He added that the Navy's role is part of a broader joint operations plan. "Indian Navy's action is part of the escalation ladder mechanism which we have worked out amongst three services."

Additionally, Vice Admiral Pramod said the Indian Navy executed a swift and calibrated maritime response after the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, deploying major combat assets within 96 hours.

"In the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attacks, on innocent tourists by Pakistani-sponsored terrorists, the Indian Navy's carrier battle group, surface forces, submarines, and aviation assets were immediately deployed at sea with full combat readiness in concert with the joint operation plan of the Indian Defence Forces," Vice Admiral said during a press briefing.