NEW DELHI: India is conducting “targeted strikes” on terror launch pads across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and eliminating Pakistani infiltrators before they cross to the Indian side, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday.Indian armed forces are maintaining full operational readiness and not lowering their guard while continuing to play a significant role in the national effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic, he said.“Indian armed forces are prepared for all contingencies and I can assure the country that we are prepared to defend our sovereignty from adversarial forces in all scenarios,” said Singh.“As you would have gathered from the operations along the LoC in the last two weeks, we are dominating the enemy through targeted intelligence-based strikes on their launchpads and eliminating them before they set foot on Indian soil,” he added.Army chief General M M Naravane , who visited forward locations amidst the surge in ceasefire violations (CFVs) and infiltrations attempts, had on Friday said that while India was engaged in helping its citizens as well as other countries by sending medical teams and exporting medicines, Pakistan was “only exporting terror”.As reported by TOI last week, India has recorded over 1,250 CFVs along the 778-km long LoC this year, with the Army Para-Special Forces also killing five heavily-armed terrorists who had infiltrated into the Keran sector earlier this month. Five Indian commandos laid down their lives in the fierce close-quarter combat during the encounter on the snow-bound heights on April 5.The Army on April 10 used 105mm field guns and 155mm Bofors howitzers to target terror launch pads, ammunition dumps and gun positions in the Dudhniyal area opposite Keran sector of Kupwara . Naravane warned that the Indian Army will retaliate with “a punitive response” to acts of ceasefire infringement and support to terrorism by Pakistan.