{"id":47638,"date":"2025-08-10T12:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T07:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=47638"},"modified":"2025-08-10T12:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T07:25:14","slug":"army-chief-likens-operation-sindoor-to-a-chess-game-calls-it-a-lesson-in-the-grey-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/army-chief-likens-operation-sindoor-to-a-chess-game-calls-it-a-lesson-in-the-grey-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Army chief likens \u2018Operation Sindoor\u2019 to a chess game, calls it a lesson in the \u2018grey zone\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Sunday said that \u2018Operation Sindoor\u2019 was unlike any conventional military mission and was akin to a chess game where the enemy\u2019s next move was unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an event at IIT Madras, he recalled the complexities of the decisive military action in May that targeted terror infrastructure in retaliation to the April 22 Pahalgam attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Operation Sindoor, we played chess. This means that we did not know what the enemy\u2019s next move would be or what we were going to do. This is what we call the \u2018grey zone\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining the concept, General Dwivedi said that unlike traditional operations \u2014 where forces seize objectives with the option to return or hold ground \u2014 grey zone warfare involves unconventional, unpredictable activities across multiple domains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Operation Sindoor\u2019 has taught us that this is the grey zone,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Sunday said that \u2018Operation Sindoor\u2019 was unlike any conventional military mission and was akin to a chess game where the enemy\u2019s next move was unknown. 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