The Indian Navy fleet had been assigned their target packages, and were put on hot-standby to launch land-attack missiles at targets inside Pakistan on more than one occasion during Operation Sindoor.
The final orders to fire ultimately never came with sources telling NDTV, “the Navy stopped short of launching an attack on identified targets. This included Pakistan Navy ships and submarines in harbour and land-based targets.” An all-out Naval attack would have marked a significant escalation in the military hostilities during Op Sindoor.
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