India has said its fight "was against terrorism" and it was unfortunate that the Pakistan military choose to side with terrorists.

"Our fight was against terrorism and the terrorists. Accordingly, on May 7, we targeted only the terrorist sites. However, it is unfortunate that the Pakistan Military chose to support the terrorists and turned it into a personal conflict," Air Marshal AK Bharti, DGAO, IAF, said during a press briefing Monday. He also highlighted the performance and results of the Air Defence Systems employed by the Indian Air Force during Operation Sindoor

"As our precise attacks on the terrorists were made without crossing LoC and international boundary, we speculated that Pakistan would also respond similarly. Accordingly, we had prepared our air defence beforehand," said DGMO Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai during the briefing. "The Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems, electronic warfare resources, and air defence weapons included in our inventory were uniquely integrated with similar systems of the Indian Air Force."

Vice Admiral AN Pramod, DGNO, said, "In the current standoff the presence of our aircraft carrier with large number of MiG-29K fighters and airborne early warning helicopters prevented any suspicious or hostile aircraft to close the carrier battle group within several hundred kilometres. Immediately, after the cowardly incident by Pakistan-sponsored terrorist attack at Pahalgam, we had validated our anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense capability in a complex threat environment using cross-platform cooperative mechanism.

"Our powerful carrier battle group with formidable offensive capability was able to operate with impunity and maintained an uncontested presence in the area of operation. Effectively it compelled the Pakistani air elements to remain bottled up close to the macron coast, denying any opportunity to be a threat in maritime space."