Army livestreamed surgical strike to Delhi HQ: Officer
NEWDELHI: The Indian Army commandos participating in last year’s surgical strike on terrorists’ launchpads in Pakistancontrolled Kashmir livestreamed the entire operation back to army headquarters in Udhampur and Delhi, the officerin-charge of the operation has revealed.
“Yes, we were getting the images live. I was sitting in the operations room in our command headquarter in Udhampur. I saw the entire operation live how our teams attacked the targets, and the entire live feed was being sent to Delhi Army Headquarters,” former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Northern Command (retd) Lieutenant General DS Hooda said in an interview with television news channel.
Asked who all in Delhi were watching the live feed, Hooda said: “I don’t know who were watching in Delhi. In Udhampur, we were watching and the feed was going to Delhi too.”
However, he refused to disclose as to whether the live streaming was done through sat-
I can’t disclose what technology we used, but the Indian Army has the capability where you can see livestreaming of operation that was going on. We have the capability DS HOODA , Lieutenant General
ellite or some other technology.
“I can’t disclose what technology we used, but the Indian Army has the capability where you can see livestreaming of operation that was going on. We have the capability,” Hooda said.
Giving details of the strike, Hooda said the last team of special forces returned at around 6.30 am.
“Some teams arrived earlier. They had left earlier and had struck at targets soon after midnight.”
“There was panic in the ranks of Pakistani forces. In some places, they were firing randomly. We had also planned a backup. If any team failed to return, we had teams ready to go in, retrieve and rescue and bring them back,” Hooda, who had planned the strikes, revealed.
The former Lieutenant General also revealed that the government had made up its mind to make an announcement soon after the surgical strike was over.
“It was decided in advance. The government had decided that we will announce the surgical strike having taken place, own it up. Had it not been successful, then they would have had to take criticism also.