India, May 12 -- Operation Sindoor, New Delhi's direct military response to the Pahalgam terror strike, showed the unflinching courage and resolve of the Indian armed forces as they smashed terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), and gave a crushing blow to the neighbouring military by striking its bases after it made brazen attempts to target the country's military infrastructure and civilian areas, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday.

The attacks not only shook Pakistani military bases near the border but even Rawalpindi, where the Pakistan Army is headquartered, felt the brunt of the Indian response, Singh said while remotely commissioning a BrahMos missile facility in Lucknow. The BrahMos miss...