New Delhi, Oct 3 (UNI) Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh today said that no matter where ever terrorist groups establish their headquarters in Pakistan, the Indian forces have the capability to accurately target and destroy those hideouts.
Addressing the annual press conference, here, the Air Chief, while responding to reports that terrorist groups were relocating and modifying their hideouts in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, said “Obviously, it was expected that if we hit them, they will definitely change their hideouts. Because they knew that they were exposed. There are reports that their hideouts are changing; there are also reports that will probably build smaller structures instead of large ones, so that they can merge. But if intelligence is available, we now have the capability to go deep inside any of their hideouts with absolutely accurate targeting and destroy their hideouts. Our options have not changed; they will remain the same in this matter.”
His remarks follow media reports that Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and Pakistan’s largest state sponsored and UN-designated terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were shifting their terror training and accommodation centres deeper into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), moving away from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Punjab, to avoid future Indian strikes.
Due to this targeting by the Indian Armed Force during Operation Sindoor, the camp has been now shifted to Lower Dir to avoid targeting by Indian Forces in future.
Responding to the losses suffered by Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, the IAF chief said, “India had struck a large number of airfield and installations”, adding that as per reports gathered that “due to these strikes radars in at least four locations, command and control centres at two places and runways at two airfields were damaged”.
He further said three hangars at three different stations were also hit and there were signs that one C-130 class aircraft and at least four to five fighter jets, most likely F-16s, because those stations were known to house F-16s were destroyed.”
