Indian Drone Hit Kirana Hills Accidentally During Operation Sindoor, Says Ex-CDS Anil Chauhan
Chauhan said the munition was searching for radars and ran out of flight time before it struck a hill, according to Indian officials.
- Former Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said on Tuesday that an Indian loitering munition accidentally struck Pakistan's Kirana Hills during Operation Sindoor last year while searching for radars near Sargodha.
- India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, 2025, following a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam region that killed around 26 people, targeting infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
- Designed to loiter for 2 hours, the Israeli-designed Harop drone failed to locate radar targets near Sargodha, which is 10 km south of Kirana Hills; Chauhan explained the munition likely struck the hills after its operational lifetime expired.
- Chauhan reiterated that India did not deliberately target the nuclear facility, aligning with previous denials from Air Marshal AK Bharti, as Pakistan reportedly attempted to prove hits using commercial satellite imagery without conclusive evidence.
- Although the Air Force had clearance to strike Skardu, the mission was abandoned due to adverse weather, and the Pakistani army later reached out to establish a ceasefire understanding between the two countries.
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Indian Drone Hit Kirana Hills Accidentally During Operation Sindoor, Says Ex-CDS Anil Chauhan
Former Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan has now opened up about on a question that remained unsolved during the Operation Sindoor in May 2025. He said that one Indian loitering munition may struck in Pakistan's Kirana Hills, which is
Did India hit Pakistan's Kirana Hills? Ex-CDS Anil Chauhan explains what happened during Operation Sindoor
Chauhan further revealed that the munition, likely an Israeli-designed Harop drone, had a limited flight endurance and after after failing to locate a radar target within its operating time, it ultimately struck one of the hills in the area.
Operation Sindoor: Kirana Hills Nuclear Facility Was Hit ‘Inadvertently’
<p class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" data-start="94" data-end="374">Former Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Tuesday said India did not deliberately target Pakistan's Kirana Hills nuclear facility during Operation Sindoor last year, but an Indian loitering ammunition may have struck the site after failing to find its intended target.</p> <p data-start="376" data-end="537">Chauhan said several loitering munitions had been deplo…
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Did India hit Pakistan’s Kirana Hills during Operation Sindoor? Former CDS General Anil Chauhan said an Indian loitering munition did strike the area, but Kirana Hills was not the intended target. He said the munition was searching for radars around Sargodha and, after failing to find a target within its operating time, likely struck one of the hills. 📰 Did India Hit Kirana Hills During Operation Sindoor? Ex-CDS Anil Chauhan Explains What Happe…
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“Bharti had rightly clarified that we did not target Kirana Hills,” General Chauhan said, referring to Air Marshal AK Bharti (retd), who was the Indian Air Force’s Director General of Air Operations during Operation Sindoor.
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