New Delhi : Amid sharp global focus among Western powers on how to bring a quick end to the nearly four-year Russia-Ukraine, Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh has a word of advice: Learn from India. ACM Singh said that the world should learn from India how to start and terminate a military conflict at the earliest opportunity.
“The main wars that are going on today, be it Russia, Ukraine or the Israel war. They are going on, years have passed, because no one is thinking about conflict termination. I think the world has to learn a lesson from India about how to start and terminate a conflict at the earliest possible opportunity,” the Air Force chief said at an event in Delhi.
Israel has also been engaged in an ugly war with the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in Gaza, as well as several Islamic countries who have vowed support for Hamas, including Iran since October 2023, with no possibility of peace in the near future. While several airbases and nine terror launch pads were destroyed in Pakistan during the conflict, India did not suffer any notable damage. We heard that people said that no, we should have done a little more.
We stopped the war very quickly. Yes, they (Pakistan) were on the back foot, no doubt, but what was our objective? Our objective was anti-terrorism. We had to strike them. We had done that. So if our objectives have been met, then why should we not terminate a conflict? Why should we carry on? Because any conflict has a lot of price which has to be paid,” Singh emphasised.
Nine terror launch pads were destroyed while over 100 terrorists were killed in the strikes. The strikes were followed by drone and missile attacks by Pakistan, targeting army and civilian locations in a clear escalation in hostilities. However, the Indian air defence system thwarted the attack and prevented any damage. India hit back hard, aiming only at terrorist and military targets in the strikes that followed and calling a halt to the offensive on May 10, but not without a warning that any future misadventure by Pakistan would invite an even severe response.
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