India announced that all its military bases and systems remain on full alert and are capable of carrying out any assigned mission if necessary. This was reported by the Indian news agency PTI, citing a statement by Marshal Awadesh Kumar Bharti, head of air operations in the Indian Air Force (IAF), BTA reports.
At a press conference, Bharti stressed that India's reliable air defense systems, including the domestically produced “Akash“ system, have shown high efficiency and successfully thwarted attempts to attack from Pakistan. He said the integrated air command and control system also played a key role in thwarting offensive operations.
“Our strikes were exclusively targeted at terrorist infrastructure and militants. Unfortunately, the Pakistani army decided to support the terrorists and escalate the conflict“, said Marshal Bharti.“.
According to the Indian army, the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, as well as other parts of the international border, remained largely calm last night. “No incidents were reported. It was the first quiet night in several days“, an official statement said.
In the early hours of May 7, India launched the military operation “Shindur“, which destroyed nine terrorist facilities in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and its territory. The actions were in response to the terrorist attack in the Pahalgam area.
All subsequent strikes were also carried out as part of Operation “Shindur“, the military said.
Despite the tensions, on Saturday India and Pakistan announced that they had reached an agreement to cease all shelling and military action on land, air and sea, effective from 5:00 p.m. the same day.