India ready to quell any cross-border misadventure: Navy chief designate
Indian Navy chief designate Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan has said the country has been a victim of terrorism for several years, and asserted that it remains prepared to counter and quell any “misadventure” from across the border.
Operation Sindoor was targeted specifically at terrorist camps that participated in a very dastardly incident in Pahalgam in 2025, said Swaminathan, the Flag Officer, Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command.
The country cannot accept terrorist activities in the country, especially when they come from foreign soil, he asserted at an event organised by the Bramha Research Foundation, a think tank, in Mumbai on Monday.
“Anybody sensible in the world knows the misadventure does not come from anywhere or anytime from India. India has always been in a responsive kind of mode.
The misadventure comes from across the border. People can say what they want, but as far as we are concerned, India will remain prepared, and if any misadventure comes from that side, we are actually ready to quell it,” Swaminathan said.
He was responding to reports of remarks made by Field Marshal Asim Munir, also the Chief of Defence Forces of Pakistan that any future misadventure against Islamabad will result in extremely widespread and dangerous, far-reaching and painful consequences for New Delhi.
In response to the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 persons, mostly tourists, were gunned down, India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 last year, carrying out airstrikes on nine terror infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, eliminating at least 100 terrorists.
Swaminathan said Operation Sindoor is important to make sure India does not continue to be a victim of terrorism. It also reminds about what needs to be done to make the country stronger. As far as the Indian office is concerned, Operation Sindoor is ongoing, he maintained.
