Lucknow: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that the Indian Navy forced the entire Pakistan Navy to remain confined to its ports during Operation Sindoor.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the 'Nausena Shaurya Vatika', an open-air naval museum in Lucknow on Saturday, he said the Navy played a significant role in maintaining pressure on Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.
Defence Minister said, the Indian Navy was deployed in the Arabian Sea with full preparedness and strength, maintaining constant pressure on the adversary.
As a result, Pakistan's entire Navy remained confined to its ports, he said. Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7, 2025, to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack, with Indian forces conducting precision strikes on multiple terror infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
"This strength of our armed forces is the result of our continuous hard work and vigilance. Since 2014, when our government came to power under the leadership of the Prime Minister, we have paid special attention to this fact—that India will truly be called powerful only when our armed forces do not have to depend on other countries for weapons. Therefore, our Prime Minister has given the vision of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat," Singh said.
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Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi also said that the Indian Navy demonstrated the Navy's absolute combat readiness, operational reach, and deterrence capabilities during Operation Sindoor.
He said the Navy's immediate deployment of a Carrier Battle Group and its forward operational posture in the Northern Arabian Sea forced the Pakistan Navy to remain confined to harbour or close to the Makran coast.
Admiral Tripathi said that equally important was the tri-service synergy demonstrated during the operation, which validated the growing importance of joint operational capability.
Following the Pahalgam terror attack, the Navy swiftly deployed its frontline assets, including submarines, warships and almost all its aviation, with full combat readiness that maintained constant pressure on Pakistan.
In his speech, Defense Minister further said that India's defence sector is now moving towards complete self-reliance. The hard work we have put in over the last ten years is yielding results for us today.
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He added, "In 2014, our domestic defence production was merely 46,000 crore rupees, meaning we could produce only weapons and equipment worth 46,000 crore rupees in India. But today, it has grown to more than one and a half lakh crore rupees."
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