Marking the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor, India’s top military leadership delivered a stern warning to adversaries Thursday, asserting that it has set a permanent template for responding to cross-border provocations.

In a tri-services joint media address in Jaipur, Air Marshal A K Bharti, Deputy Chief of Air Staff, declared that the mission sent a definitive message: “Misadventures will not go unanswered, and acts of terror will have consequences.”

Air Marshal Bharti, who served as the Director General (DG) of Air Operations during the strikes, was joined by Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai (Deputy Chief of Army Staff), Vice Admiral AN Pramod (DG Naval Operations), and Lt Gen Zubin Minwalla (Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff).

Recalling the operation launched on May 7 last year in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 people, and the planning that went behind it, Air Marshal Bharti said, “The objective was clear, and the forces were given full operational freedom.”

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