'Minutes away from striking Pak from sea': Navy chief reveals key Op Sindoor moment

NEW DELHI: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said connected Thursday the Indian Navy was conscionable minutes distant from launching strikes connected Pakistan from the oversea during Operation Sindoor, erstwhile Pakistan requested a halt to kinetic actions. Speaking astatine the Naval Investiture Ceremony, Admiral Tripathi said, “Operation Sindoor demonstrated exemplary readiness and resoluteness of the Indian Navy, arsenic our units undertook swift deployment and maintained a highly assertive posture passim the period. It is not a hidden information anymore that we were conscionable minutes distant from striking Pakistan from sea, erstwhile they requested the stoppage of kinetic actions.”

Admiral Tripathi said the Navy’s actions during the cognition strengthened nationalist assurance and showed its capabilities astatine the highest level. Referring to an enactment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, helium said, "Besides Operation Sindoor and the relentless operational tempo done the year, we were besides precise arrogant to showcase the breadth and extent of our operational capabilities to the honourable Prime Minister during a historical 17-hour overnight embarkation with the Indian Navy connected the Western Seaboard.”Operation Sindoor was launched aft the Pahalgam panic onslaught successful April 2025, successful which 26 radical were killed.

The cognition targeted and destruct violent bases successful Pakistan, sidesplitting respective terrorists.

Naval officers honoured for Op Sindoor

The Navy main connected Wednesday besides awarded Yudh Seva Medals to Vice Admiral A N Pramod and Vice Admiral Rahul Vilas Gokhale for their roles successful Operation Sindoor.Vice Admiral Pramod, DGNO, was recognised for readying and executing India’s effect amid tensions with Pakistan. His deployment successful the North Arabian Sea denied Pakistan Navy operational space.Vice Admiral Gokhale was honoured for ensuring rocket readiness and combat deployment of 22 warships wrong 96 hours, helping restrict Pakistan’s naval movement.Captain Suraj Rebeira, Captain Vikas Garg, Captain Piyush Katiyar, Commander Rajeshwar Sharma, Commander Vivek Kuriakose, Commander Kapil Kumar, Lieutenant Commander Rishabh Purbia and Chief Mechanical Engineer Manoj Kumar were besides awarded Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry) for their roles successful the operation.