India did not hit Pakistan's alleged nuclear installations at Kirana Hills: Air Marshal AK Bharti

Air Marshal AK Bharti, DG Air Operations, on Monday said that India has not hit any targets in Pakistan's Kirana Hills, which reportedly houses nuclear installations.

Taking a sarcastic dig at a question in a press conference, Bharti said, "Thank you for telling us that Kirana Hills houses some nuclear installations. We did not know about it. We have not hit Kirana Hills. I did not brief in my briefing yesterday."

AK Bharti said that India's battle was with terrorists but the Pakistani military chose to support terrorists and widened the conflict.







"We also reiterated that our fight was with terrorists and their support infrastructure and not with Pakistan military. However, it is a pity that the Pakistan military chose to intervene and bat for the terrorists which compelled us to respond in kind," Air Marshall Bharti said, adding that they are responsible for all the damage caused to them.

The DGAO talked about how the Indian forces blunted the Pakistan's offensive and reduced damage to both civilian and military infrastructure in the country. Pakistan used Chinese-origin missiles to attack India, which missed their targets, Bharti said.


The Indian military showed the debris of a likely PL-15 air-to-air missile, which is of Chinese origin and was used by Pakistan during the attack on India.

Meanwhile, Air Marshal AK Bharti also presented the composite picture of targets engaged by the Indian Air Force during Operation Sindoor.

Numerous waves of drones and unmanned combat aerial vehicles employed by Pakistan were also thwarted by the indigenously developed soft and hard kill counter-UAS systems and the well-trained Indian Air Defence personnel, said DG Air Operations Air Marshal AK Bharti.