Operation Sindoor has shown how an effective operation can be conducted, and had it not been for a "good and robust network", the force might not have been as successful as it was in the military action, Vice Chief of Air Staff (VCAS) Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari observed on Tuesday.
Speaking at a defence seminar hosted by defence think-tank Centre for Aerospace Power and Strategic Studies and Indian Military Review at Subroto Park in New Delhi, the Indian Air Force (IAF) official said India's integrated network system for the military has evolved in the past two decades, allowing it to have an "air picture" to monitor the entire country for potential adversarial threat.
According to a PTI report, he highlighted the importance of the networks and how air defence systems like the Integrated Air Command and Control System (IACCS) of the IAF played a key role in Operation Sindoor.
Air Marshal Tiwari said if anything the Operation Sindoor has shown, it is how an "effective operation can be conducted if we are networked correctly and have the correct equipment" to make decisions.
"And, in the background of the operation, I can very well place on record that had it not been for a good and robust network, we would not have been as successful.. maybe successful, but not in a similar efficient manner that we were."
In his address, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff, Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit said Oeration Sindoor was a "watershed moment in India's defence history".
Highlighting the importance of indigenous platforms and AI-based tools that played a significant role during the decisive military action by India, he said, "Homegrown technology gave us freedom and agility on the battlefield."
