Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi described Operation Sindoor as a strategic ‘grey zone’ mission, comparing it to a chess game where each move countered the enemy’s next. Conducted in May after the Pahalgam attack, the operation saw precision IAF strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK, aiming to dismantle militant networks.
Army Chief Upendra Dwivedi. Image/File Pic
Army Chief Gen. Upendra Dwivedi, while putting the light on Operation Sindoor, asserted that it was unlike a normal mission. Emphasising that Operation Sindoor required a lot of strategic and tactical planning, it was just like playing a game of chess, as "we did not know" what would be the enemy's next move.
As reported by news agency PTI, the Army Chief recalled the intricacies of India's decisive military action in May on terror infrastructure in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack during his address at a function at IIT-Madras on Saturday.
Using the metaphor of the chess game, Gen Dwivedi asserted that, "In Operation Sindoor, what we did was we played chess. So, what does it mean? It means we did not know what the next move the enemy was going to take was and what we were going to do. This is something we call… the grey zone. The grey zone is that we are not going for the conventional operations. But we are doing something, just short of a conventional operation," as per news agency PTI.
While highlighting the Indian army’s conventional approach during Operation Sindoor, he said, "Conventional operation means go with everything, take everything you have. And, if you are able to come back, do so; otherwise, stay there. That is called the conventional approach. Here, the grey zone means any activity that is taking place in all domains; that is something we are talking about, and Operation Sindoor taught us that this is the grey zone."
Adding the metaphor during his lecture, he further emphasised, "So, we were making the chess moves, and he (the enemy) was also making the chess moves. Somewhere we were giving him the checkmate, and somewhere we were going in for the kill at the risk of losing our own, but that's what life is all about," as cited by news agency PTI.
Under Operation Sindoor in May, the IAF carried out precision strikes on multiple targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir linked to terror groups. The operation was aimed at destroying terror infrastructure and neutralising key operatives in the wake of the Pahalgam attack.
(With inputs from PTI)
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