📅 May 7, 2025, Post 1: Operation Sindoor: India’s Precision Strike Across the Line of Faith and Fire | Target IAS-26 MCQs Attached: A complete Package, Dear Aspirants!
Operation Sindoor: India’s Precision Strike Across the Line of Faith and Fire
🔹 NEWS DROP — PETAL 001
📅 May 7, 2025
🎯 GS Paper 3 | Internal Security – Counterterrorism, Strategic Defence
🌀 Intro Whisper
When blood stains sindoor, silence is no answer. India responds not with words, but precision — from skies of steel, for the ground it swore to protect.
🔍 Key Highlights
- ‘Operation Sindoor’ marks India’s most extensive cross-border strike since Balakot (2019).
- Nine terrorist facilities in Pakistan and PoJK were hit — targeting Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
- It is India’s first full tri-service operation since the 1971 War.
- The operation’s name was personally given by PM Modi, symbolizing vengeance for the Pahalgam victims, whose sindoor was spared while their loved ones perished.
🔥 Targets Hit (Select Highlights)
- Markaz Subhan Allah (Bahawalpur) – JeM HQ; Pulwama links
- Markaz Taiba (Muridke) – LeT HQ; 26/11 attackers trained here
- Shawai Nallah Camp (Muzaffarabad, PoJK) – LeT’s North Kashmir base
- Maskar Raheel Shahid (Kotli, PoJK) – HM’s elite sniper & survival camp
- Mehmoona Joya Facility (Sialkot) – HM-run school for infiltration
🛡️ Weapons Used
- SCALP Cruise Missiles:
• Range: 250+ km
• Used from Rafale jets - HAMMER Bombs:
• Range: 50–70 km
• Targets: Bunkers, tall structures - Loitering Munitions (Kamikaze drones):
• Real-time surveillance
• Autonomous target destruction
🎯 Nature of the Strike
- Precision strikes, limited to terrorist camps
- No Pakistani military bases targeted
- Diplomatic cover included NOTAM notices for military drills
🧭 GS Paper Mapping
GS3: Defence Technology – Air-launched Missiles, Drones
GS3: Internal Security – Cross-border Terrorism
GS2: India–Pakistan Relations, Diplomacy
Target IAS-26: Daily MCQs :
📌 Prelims Practice MCQs
Topic:
🧠 Prelims MCQ (Type 2 – Two Statements)
Q. With reference to Operation Sindoor, consider the following statements:
1. The operation was India’s first tri-service strike since the Kargil War.
2. SCALP missiles and HAMMER bombs were launched from Rafale jets during the mission.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
A) Only 1 is correct
B) Only 2 is correct
C) Both are correct
D) Neither is correct
🌀 Didn’t get it? Click here (▸) for the Correct Answer & Explanation
✅ Correct Answer: B) Only 2 is correct
🧠 Explanation:
• Statement 1 – Incorrect: Kargil was an Army-led operation. This is the first tri-service operation since 1971, not since Kargil.
• Statement 2 – Correct: Both SCALP missiles and HAMMER bombs were launched from India’s Rafale fighter jets during the mission.
