Old war, new plan: Experts urge policy consolidation on unconventional combat

The Indian Army used information warfare during Operation Sindoor. Its effort was recently acknowledged by the government. This unit of the army, formally called the Additional Directorate General of Strategic Communications since 2020, started as a publicity cell in 1985, and was known by other names between 1994 and 2004.  By many accounts, while India demonstrated its military capability in the conflict over May 7-10, it lost the perception battle to Pakistan, a smaller adversary, at least initially. Chinese-assisted information warfare that Pakistan used showed better results for that country among the international news audience.  India is infusing frontier