00:00So, this is the biggest Operation Sindhu revelation by former CDS Anil Chahan.
00:06Let's understand in detail what all has he revealed.
00:09So, Pakistan nuclear asset Kirana Hills were hit.
00:13Now, he has said that Kirana Hills is a key Pakistan nuclear and strategic hub.
00:18It is widely reported as a strategically important Pakistani military area
00:22and it is associated with nuclear weapons as well.
00:26Now, it is a high-value Pakistan military site.
00:29The site is considered strategically sensitive because of its military and nuclear associations.
00:33It is also linked to Pakistan nuclear program.
00:37It has long been linked in open source reporting to Pakistan's nuclear weapons program.
00:42It also has underground facilities and storage beneath the hills.
00:48Now, the Operation Sindhu hit Indian Munition.
00:51So, Indian Munition may have hit the Kirana Hills.
00:55This is what former CDS General Anil Chahan has revealed.
01:00That Indian Munition may have hit the loitering ammunition.
01:03May have hit the Kirana Hills.
01:05But it was not a deliberate target.
01:08Loitering Munition to hunt radars may have hit Kirana.
01:11This is what he has said.
01:13That there is a possibility that the loitering munition may have hit the Kirana Hills.
01:17Munition ran low on fuel.
01:20Plunge into Pakistan hub.
01:21So, he says that the munition may have exhausted its fuel and crashed into the Kirana Hills.
01:27Hit on Kirana Hills was unintentional.
01:30Now, that's the biggest takeaway.
01:32So, the claim that Kirana Hills was not munition's intended target.
01:38Now, there was smoke over Kirana Hills.
01:40So, smoke was seen at Kirana Hills during Operation Sindhu.
01:43And which was reported by several media outlets.
01:46The smoke suggested an Indian strike on the Pakistan nuke hub.
01:50And the impact on Pakistan's strike showed that Pakistan military infrastructure was vulnerable.
01:59So, this incident raised questions about the vulnerability of the sensitive Pakistani military infrastructure.
02:05It also put Pakistan's nuclear assets under spotlight.
02:08So, it drew renewed attention to the security and survivability of Pakistan's nuclear-related sites.
02:14It also proved that even Pakistan's nuclear hubs had no aerial defense.
02:19So, this was also a strong message after this attack that Pakistan, it proved that even the nuclear sites in
02:27Pakistan are not fully secure.
02:33And, in fact, let's also tell you about the impact of the hit.
02:37So, here is a detailed description of the Kirana Hills, Pakistan nuclear site.
02:42So, look closely at the satellite image of the Kirana Hills complex, which is by India Today's OSINT, which shows
02:49the full topography of the area.
02:51It shows the spot where smoke was seen rising during Operation Sindhu.
02:55The location sits inside the hilly and wooded part of the military complex, close to several key installations.
03:02Nearby, the imagery shows underground storage, bunkers, surface storage areas and a radar site.
03:08There is also a helipad towards the north, while a storage site for missile transport vehicles is seen on the
03:15western side.
03:15Now, there is a major revelation about what may have happened here.
03:19Former CDS General Anil Chauhan has said that an Indian loitering munition was sent to hunt for Pakistani radars around
03:26Sargotha.
03:27Kirana Hills is around 10 kilometers north of Sargotha.
03:31The munition had a limited operating time.
03:33And according to General Chauhan, the loitering munition may have run out of fuel and it would have eventually come
03:40down and hit the area.
03:42And that may explain the impact at Kirana Hills and the plume of smoke.
03:46In other words, the strike on Kirana Hills was not a planned attack on the site.
03:50The Indian munition, after failing to find its intended radar target and running low on fuel, appears to have struck
03:57one of the hills.
03:58The same area from which smoke was later seen rising.
04:05So, the biggest revelation yet about Operation Sindhu.
04:09One that reaffirms how deep India struck within Pakistan.
04:12Former Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan has claimed that one of the munitions may have struck Kirana Hills,
04:19one of Pakistan's most sensitive nuclear-linked locations.
04:23General Chauhan, who was at the helm of military during Operation Sindhu, has said that loitering munitions were sent towards
04:31Sargotha to hunt for Pakistani radar systems.
04:34One of them apparently failed to locate its target and may have eventually struck one of the Kirana Hills, with
04:41smoke later seen rising from the area.
04:43The revelation is significant because Kirana Hills has been linked to Pakistan's nuclear program for decades.
04:49The site, reportedly hosted nuclear cold tests in the 1980s, is believed to contain an extensive network of underground tunnels
04:57and has also been linked to strategic weapons storage.
05:00Now, the former CDS also revealed that the forces identified Skardu as another target, but because of bad weather, Bholari
05:09was struck.
05:12A couple of principles which we thought in this escalation matrix, which laid for ourselves, was that the last strike
05:20or the winning note will be always delivered by us and not by the Pakistanis.
05:25Once the Pakistanis had picked up the phone and they said they wanted to talk at about 10, the air
05:30chief had asked me whether he should strike Sargotha.
05:34I said, go ahead.
05:35And then he also, I said, please identify two more targets.
05:40So he had, one of the targets he identified was Skardu.
05:44But unfortunately, we gave a yes, but after some time the weather was bad over Skardu.
05:49But they had to change over to Bholari, now from Skardu to Bholari, which is near Karachi.
05:55So let's take a look at what did the CDS, the former CDS, General Anil Chauhan, say on Operation Sindhuur
06:03and on Kirana Hills.
06:04So he has revealed that Kirana Hills may have been hit.
06:08So he has accepted that yes, Kirana Hills may have been hit by India, but it was not deliberate.
06:15So it was not deliberately targeted by India.
06:19And Skardu was identified as a target by India.
06:22But India chose to strike Bholari instead due to bad weather in Skardu.
06:28And India wanted the final strike from their side.
06:32They wanted the final strike to be India's.
06:35That is also what the former CDS has revealed.
06:40Furthermore, on China-Pakistan collusivity during Operation Sindhu,
06:44former CDS General Anil Chauhan said Pakistan's military inventory is 70 to 80 percent Chinese origin.
06:51He said Chinese OEM personnel were likely present in Pakistan to maintain and service these platforms as per contractual obligations.
07:00Listen in.
07:03Pakistan's inventory of its platform today, 70 or 80 percent is of Pakistan's Chinese origin,
07:10whether it is land-based, air platforms, some naval platforms.
07:15We also have inventory of foreign platforms.
07:18And when we get those platforms, the maintenance and serviceability is the responsibility of the OEM.
07:23And the representatives are normally in the countries in which this equipment is deployed
07:28because they're supposed to keep them serviceable.
07:30It's been used for warfighting.
07:31And in war, if this equipment is not available, then what's the use?
07:36So Chinese OEM people would have been there,
07:38and that's what Chinese have admitted that their people were there.
07:40So there's nothing new in this.
07:42Today, in our country also, there would have been Russian OEMs.
07:45There could be French.
07:46There could be Israeli OEMs.
07:47Actually, supporting that same equipment which you're holding.
