‘Op Sindoor showed India’s new strategic DNA’

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.