'It Was Like Playing Chess': Army Chief Sheds Light On Op Sindoor Preparation And Execution
General Dwivedi revealed that planning began on 23 April, when military leaders agreed that decisive action was necessary
For the first time, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi has spoken publicly about the planning and execution of Operation Sindoor.
Describing the strategy as akin to playing chess, Gen Dwivedi said Op Sindoor operated in a grey zone, unpredictable and just short of conventional warfare.
'In Op Sindoor, what we did, we played chess… What does it mean! It means that we did not know what step the enemy was going to take and what we were going to do. It was a gray zone. The gray zone is that we are not going for the conventional operations but we are doing something which is just short of the conventional operations," he said.
General Dwivedi revealed that planning began on 23 April, when military leaders agreed that decisive action was necessary.
'This is the time when RM had also said, I think enough is enough. And all the three chiefs were very clear, something had to be done. And the free hand was given, of course, that you decide what is to be done," he added.
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