“Show me even one photo of Indian damage .... ," NSA Ajit Doval dares foreign media to show evidence of any loss and damage suffered by India in Operation Sindoor

“Show me even one photo of Indian damage — even a glass being broken,” National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on Friday in Chennai questioning claims that the Operation Sindoor caused any unintended destruction beyond the planned targets. 

"We hit 13 Pakistani air bases"

The National Security Advisor - also PM Narendra Modi's trusted aide - hailed Operation Sindoor as a proud moment for India.

He outright rejected foreign media reports of collateral damage in India. He challenged critics to produce even a single image of destruction of Indian property.

NSA Doval and his boss Namo

“Foreign press said that Pakistan did that and this...You tell me one photograph, one image, which shows any damage to any Indian (structure), even a glass pane having been broken…,” Doval said. 

Speaking at the 62nd Convocation of IIT Madras, he said that the 23-minute operation struck exactly nine designated targets deep inside Pakistan, away from the border, in a criss-cross pattern.  

“We missed none, and hit nowhere else,” he added, stressing the precision of the mission.

“They wrote these things, New York Times... and put out things..The images only showed 13 air bases in Pakistan before and after 10th May, whether it was in Sargodha, Rahim Yar Khan, Chaklala...I am only telling you what the foreign media put out on the basis of images...

We are capable of doing that (damage to Pakistani air bases)," he said.  

“We are proud of how much indigenous technology we used. The operation was precise to the point and nowhere near the border areas, contrary to what foreign media said,” he noted.

Operation Sindoor, launched on May 7, was India’s retaliatory strike following a Pakistan-backed terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which killed 26 people.

The Indian Air Force hit nine key terror hubs deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, including the Jaish-e-Mohammad headquarters in Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s key base in Muridke.

In response, Pakistan attempted a counter with drone and missile attacks, all of which were intercepted by India’s air defence systems. The escalation culminated in an Indian strike on 11 Pakistani air bases, marking one of the most significant cross-border operations in recent times.  

“We have to develop our indigenous technology. Mention of Sindoor was made here. We are really proud of how much of indigenous content was there...

We decided to have 9 terrorist targets in the criss-cross of Pakistan, it was not in the border areas. We missed none. We hit nowhere else except that,” Doval said.