Op Sindoor: Precision, restraint and the new grammar of war in the one year since the war

The first anniversary of Operation Sindoor has, by many accounts, demonstrated the Indian armed forces’ ability to swiftly overwhelm Pakistan’s air defence system through precise strikes deep inside the enemy territory. It also flagged the leadership’s clarity on exercising restraint after fulfilling the military objective, unlike the global tendency to prolong conflicts for broader diplomatic leverage. In the last year, top serving military generals, security managers and defence experts have repeatedly outlined in different forums the achievements of Operation Sindoor and challenges ahead. Leading global defence experts and think tanks, including the Swiss-based Centre d’Histoire et de Prospective Militaires (CHPM),…