According to him, these weapons, like the 'Harop' drone made with Israeli technology, were mainly used to find and attack radars. A drone can hover in a specific area for about two hours.
If the target is not found within that time, it may end up hitting another place. That is why the incident took place in Kirana Hills, he explained.
General Chouhan said, ‘We did not target Kirana Hills.’ The statement of the then Director General of Air Operations Air Marshal AK Bharti during Operation Sindoor was also correct. Kirana Hills is located about 10 km north of Sargodha and is known to be a very important area in terms of Pakistan’s military infrastructure.
On the other hand, the former CDS said that permission was also given to attack Skardu in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. However, due to bad weather, that operation had to be cancelled in the end.
According to him, in addition to giving permission to attack Sargodha, two more targets were asked to be identified. One of them was Skardu. Although the Indian Air Force was given permission to attack there, the plan had to be changed due to bad weather. In the end, Bholari was chosen as the target. The Indian Air Force's attack on the Bholari hangar during Operation Sindoor was one of the most notable incidents of airstrikes.
The attack was carried out by the Gandhinagar-based South Western Air Command. Later satellite images showed a large and irregular hole in the roof of the hangar. There were also signs of collapse inside. The debris scattered at the junction of the runway and the hangar indicated that it had been thrown out by the explosion. The damage was mainly confined to that area.