Op Sindoor: 'After action report'

A year after Operation Sindoor—the most consequential India–Pakistan clash since Kargil—the subcontinent remains in a tense holding pattern. Conceived as part of New Delhi’s long-running effort to impose costs on what it alleges is state-sponsored terrorism, the operation marked a shift in the region’s deterrence equation: a move from border stability alongside sub-conventional violence to calibrated, stand-off retaliation under the nuclear umbrella.

 

It also introduced a new grammar of conflict. Sindoor saw the large-scale use of drones, ground-launched missiles, and air-launched cruise missiles—effectively bringing non-contact, kinetic warfare into the India–Pakistan playbook. The fighting may be “paused”, but it has not ended.

 

What, then, has changed in the year since May 10, 2025? Have the lessons been internalised—in doctrine, production, and operational readiness? And if a similar operation were to unfold today, would India prosecute it differently, or more effectively?

 

This webinar examines those questions: how Sindoor reshaped escalation dynamics, what gaps it exposed, and whether India is better prepared for the next round—whenever it comes.