On the first anniversary of India’s military response to Pahalgam, an Air Vice Marshal (retd) writes that armed forces did an exceptional job in conveying India’s new resolve to Pakistan
Even as the war in Ukraine shows no signs of ending and West Asia remains stuck in a No-War-No-Peace quagmire, it’s important to benchmark Operation Sindoor against other conflicts in recent times. The stand-out features of Op Sindoor were the decisive application of sharp and controlled military force, along a manageable escalatory ladder to achieve calibrated strategic outcomes, with a clear exit strategy, that were in sync with Modi govt’s political objectives.