The Pakistan-India Aerial Conflict

Operation Sindoor and the Redefinition of South Asian Strategic Deterrence

Operation Sindoor, the four-day military exchange between India and Pakistan in May 2025, marked a watershed moment in subcontinental security dynamics. Not since the 1999 Kargil conflict had the two nuclear-armed rivals engaged in such an overt, high-intensity confrontation involving precision airstrikes, drone warfare, and coordinated targeting of str…