India achieved strategic aims under ‘Operation Sindoor’, say analysts

INDIA unveiled a new national security doctrine through its Operation Sindoor and exceeded its strategic aims of destroying terrorist infrastructure and demonstrating its military superiority over Pakistan, a strategic affairs expert said on Wednesday.

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John Spencer, the chair of Urban Warfare Studies at US-based think-tank Modern War Institute, said India showcased its ability to strike any target in Pakistan "at will" and drew and enforced a "new red line" for cross-border terrorism under the operation that was launched early on May 7.

The Modern War Institute (MWI) describes itself as a national resource at the United States Military Academy that studies recent and ongoing conflicts India carried out precision attacks on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir in retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attack.

As Pakistan attempted to target India's military installations and civilian areas following India's actions, the Indian armed forces mounted fierce counter-attacks as part of Operation Sindoor over a period of four days.