'They had gone towards Sargodha': Ex-Navy officer backs ex-CDS on Kirana Hills remarks
Former Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan discussed Operation Sindoor's success. He indicated loitering munitions were deployed near Sargodha during the operation. These munitions searched for radars and may have struck Kirana Hills. This occurred after failing to locate their intended targets in the region. Chauhan's comments clarified the operation's impact on the Pakistani hills.
Ex-navy officer Ranjit Rai has defended former Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan's remarks about Operation Sindoor, stating that it was a total success. Speaking to ANI, Rai highlighted the use of loitering munitions during the 87-hour military operation, which were deployed to search for radars around Sargodha. He clarified that the operation aimed to hit an area in the Kirana Hills after failing to locate its intended target.
Rai also emphasized the significance of Kirana Hills, located 10 kilometers north of Sargodha, where Pakistan has conducted critical nuclear tests. He stated that the loitering munitions, which are drones, were used around 10 miles from Sargodha and had the potential to hit the nuclear facility in Kirana Hills. Chauhan, in his interview at the Vivekananda Centre in New Delhi, explained that the weapons had a flight time of around two hours and would come down and hit an area if they failed to find a target during that time.
He clarified that while the operation aimed to search for radars in and around Sargodha, it is possible that one of the loitering munitions may have hit one of the Kirana Hills, explaining the smoke seen in Pakistani media images.
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