India's strike balances retribution with restraint

—INDIA AVENGES PAHALGAM ATTACK WITH OPERATION SINDOO

- SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE

NEW DELHI: In a first-of-a-kind demonstration of strategic finesse, the Indian military conducted 'Operation Sindoor', a multi-domain counter-terror military operation against terror infrastructure along the Line of Control (LoC), on May 6-7 at midnight. Initiated in response to the horrific Pahalgam terror attack, the operation sought to use aerial precision and land-based firepower in a synergistic combination to knock down threats while using extreme restraint, deliberately, from Pakistan's military forces.

Surgical strategy, asymmetric impact