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Mumbai
When the Indian Armed Forces carried out Operation Sindoor last month they targeted Pakistan on multiple different fronts. The Indian Navy fleet was told to target Pakistan’s packages and were put on hot-standby in order to launch land-attack missiles. These missile attacks were set to target locations inside Pakistan and the instructions were given on more than one instance while the Operation was on.
It was reported through a source that the final orders to launch an attack never came. If the Indian Navy had gone on an all out attack it would have marked a major escalation in the already surging conflict between India and Pakistan. The source reported, “The Navy stopped short of launching an attack on identified targets. This included Pakistan Navy ships and submarines in harbour and land-based targets.”
Indian Navy had planned to attack the neighboring country with BrahMos missiles. They had targeted locations inside Pakistan along with the Navy Ships at Karachi harbour. The source stated, “Both warships and submarines were in position to launch anti-ship and land attack missiles.”
The Indian Navy was also planning to attack submarine-fired land-attack cruise missiles, which might have been the Klub series, which are integrated with India’s Russian built ‘Kilo’ Class submarines. While the Indian navy was ready for an attack, the Pakistani Navy’s frontline assets were positioned within harbour and did not move out for an attack.
It was reported that there was a surveillance aircraft of Pakistan that ventured out after the military hostilities ended but was quickly sent back by the MiG-29K. The source revealed, “The lone Pak surveillance aircraft which ventured out was effectively tracked and quickly formatted on by MiG-29K forcing it to head back to the coast. The presence of the Carrier Battle Group also kept the pressure on Pakistani air assets, with literally nil presence over sea.”
