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Over to Sidharth Bhatia for today’s Cable

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Snapshot of the day

June 3, 2025

Sidharth Bhatia

Two days after seemingly admitting that India lost one of its jets during Operation Sindoor, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan has said that professional military forces are not affected by losses in a war, rather the achievement of its objectives was important. “Professional military forces are not affected by setbacks and losses in a war. What is important is that the morale needs to remain high even if there are setbacks,” CDS Chauhan said. “Adaptability is an important constituent of a very professional force. You should be able to understand what went wrong, need to rectify your mistake and go again. You cannot sit down in fear.”

Talking about India’s precision strikes during Operation Sindoor, Gen Chauhan said that “Pakistan should not be able to hold India hostage to terrorist activities.” “State-sponsored terrorism from Pakistan has to stop. India is not going to live under the shadow of terror and nuclear blackmail,” he added, in a rebuttal to Islamabad. About the swiftness and impact of India’s precision strikes on Pakistan-based terror camps,