August 10: Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi has described Operation Sindoor as an unconventional mission, likening it to a game of chess where neither side could predict the other’s next move.
Speaking at a function at IIT-Madras, Gen Dwivedi recalled the complexities of the decisive military strike carried out in May against terror infrastructure, in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack.
“In Operation Sindoor, what we did was like playing chess,” he said. “It means we did not know the enemy’s next move, nor what our next move would be. This is what we call the ‘grey zone’—not a conventional operation, but something just short of it.”
The Army Chief emphasised that such missions demand agility, precision, and strategic foresight, as they operate in a space between traditional warfare and covert action.
