'Losses Are Not Important, Results Are': CDS General Anil Chauhan On Operation Sindoor (VIDEO)

Pune: Chief Of Defence Staff (CDS) Anil Chauhan on Tuesday, June 3, said that losses suffered in a military conflict are not important, but the outcome of that operation matters. General Chauhan made these remarks days after his comments on the loss India faced during last month's Operation Sindoor sparked controversy.

Addressing an event organised by Savitribai Phule Pune University, the Chief of Defence Staff said, "When I was asked about losses on our side, I said these are not important. The results and how you act are important. It would not be very correct to talk about losses...Suppose you go in a cricket test match, and you win by any means, then there's no question of how many wickets, how many balls and how many players."

#WATCH | Pune: On being asked about the losses incurred from Pakistan side during Operation Sindoor, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan says, "When I was asked about losses on our side, I said these are not important. The results and how you act are important. It… pic.twitter.com/VCuYcfNSrZ

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"Based on technical parameters, we will take out this particular data and share it with you. We will tell you how many aircraft we destroyed and how many radars did we destroy. We'll make a rough assessment of that and come out with that shortly," he added.

On May 31, General Chauhan in an interview to Bloomberg TV in Singapore, asserted it is more important to find out why the aircraft were lost so that the Indian military could improve tactics and hit back again.

"I think what is important is not the jet being downed but why they were being downed," he had said.

"The good part is that we were able to understand the tactical mistakes which we made; remedied, rectified and then implemented it again after two days. We flew all our jets again targeting at long range," General Chauhan had added.

"Absolutely incorrect," Gen Chauhan said when asked about Pakistan's claim of shooting down six Indian jets during Operation Sindoor.

On the intervening night of May 6 and 7, India launched Operation Sindoor targeting nine terror camps in Punjab and Punjab-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). India's robust air defence thwarted Pakistan's attack on civilian and military installations.

In the wee hours of May 10, India hit several Pakistan air bases, inflicting heavy damages. Pakistan then approached India for a ceasefire on the afternoon of that day.