National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, speaking at the 62nd convocation of IIT Madras on 11 July, gave the first detailed public account of India’s May 7 cross-border strikes, code-named Operation Sindoor. He said the mission, mounted in response to the 22 April Pahalgam terror attack, relied overwhelmingly on home-grown military technology and marked a new level of precision in India’s counter-terror doctrine. According to Doval, Indian forces struck nine terrorist installations deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, selecting targets "in the criss-cross of Pakistan, not near the border." The entire raid began at 1:05 a.m. and concluded at 1:28 a.m., lasting just 23 minutes, and “we missed none,” he said. Systems such as BrahMos cruise missiles, battlefield radars and the Integrated Air Command and Control network were highlighted as proof of growing indigenous capability. Doval challenged foreign media reports that suggested Pakistani retaliation had caused damage inside India, asking journalists to produce "one photograph, one image" of any such harm. By contrast, he pointed to publicly available satellite pictures that, he said, revealed destruction at 13 Pakistani air bases following the operation. The adviser argued the episode demonstrated both India’s technological self-reliance and its resolve to hold Pakistan accountable for cross-border terrorism.