“Seek And Destroy”: Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha Recalls First Combat Engagement Against LTTE

Name: “Seek And Destroy”: Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha Recalls First Combat Engagement Against LTTE
Uploaded: 2026-03-27T20:15:12+05:30
Duration: 2 min 44 s
Channel: TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Description: Two words: “Seek and destroy.” For a young officer, it was the first combat mission at sea. What began like a theory quickly turned into a live engagement, return fire, close-range combat, and a target that had to be neutralised. The mission ended with a single report: “Complied with.”But the experience stayed far longer.

Two words: “Seek and destroy.” For a young officer, it was the first combat mission at sea. What began like a theory quickly turned into a live engagement, return fire, close-range combat, and a target that had to be neutralised. The mission ended with a single report: “Complied with.”But the experience stayed far longer.