The series of drone incursions and attacks by the Pakistani military—just a few hours after the agreement between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan—on the evening of May 10 will be responded to in greater measure, top sources in the government have said.
“Operation Sindoor continues... There will be a response to the drone incursions and attacks. This is now the new normal. It is no longer business as usual,” one of the sources said on condition of not being named adding that India has had enough. “Goli chalegi toh gola chalega (If Pakistan fires a bullet, they will get a bomb).”
The incursions and attacks had taken place across many locations including Jammu and Srinagar.
Indicating the intent, the Indian Army also posted on ‘X’: “The COAS (chief of Army Staff) has granted full authority to the army commanders for counteraction in the kinetic domain to any violation of the understanding reached vide the DGMO talks of 10 May, 2025”.
Operation Sindoor was launched on the intervening night of May 7-8 when India struck at nine terror hubs in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and in Pakistan that hosted terrorists and their infrastructure. The farthest target was Bahawalpur in Pakistan’s Punjab, 100 km deep from the Line of Control, the de facto border between the two South Asian neighbours.
This operation was in retaliation against the April 22 gunning down of 26 men, mostly tourists, in the Baisaran valley in Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
“Operation Sindoor had three main vectors—a political vector, a military vector and a psychological vector. All these were achieved… While Pahalagam was the original escalation, the strikes under the operation were not designed to be escalatory and considered avoiding collateral damage,” a second source said.
“It was also to prove our technological and military superiority which was vindicated,” the source added.