Link to the entire report.
Nevertheless, sufficient elements appear to indicate that, by the morning of 10 May 2025, the Indian Air Force had succeeded in achieving air superiority over a significant portion of Pakistan’s airspace. This in turn enabled it to continue long-range strikes against enemy infrastructure at will, at least for as long as it retained sufficient stocks of munitions such as BrahMos or SCALP-EG. At the same time, the Pakistan Air Force had lost the ability to repeat the operations it had conducted so successfully on 7 May 2025, owing to the loss of its forward air-surveillance radars and the threat posed by S-400 systems to its AWACS standoff weapons delivery platforms, while its own strikes conducted between 7 and
10 May 2025 had been largely thwarted by Indian defences.
Meanwhile, Islamabad demonstrated its manifest superiority in strategic communication, which notably benefitted from support within Chinese, and to some extent Western, information spheres. The destruction of one or more Rafales, for example, effectively masked the defeat of the adversary air force, which had reportedly suffered at least equivalent losses but had also proven incapable of defending its most important air bases or of delivering comparable, documented strikes against its adversary.
Operation Sindoor marked a significant evolution in Indian counter-terrorism doctrine, which now equates a terrorist attack to an act of war warranting a decisive response. It also eliminates the distinction between terrorist groups and their state sponsors, with the latter automatically becoming legitimate targets in the event of a renewed attack. Finally, it reaffirms New Delhi’s resolve, in such a case, not to be deterred by Islamabad’s nuclear arsenal. The potential for escalation on the Indian subcontinent therefore remains higher than ever, while developments since 1999 have constantly illustrated the stability/instability paradox
TL;DR take:
IAF won in air and the land after sustaining initial losses whereas PAF won in the media (which is not as trivial as it sounds).
“Shashi Tharoor is Wrong. Op Sindoor Shifted Regional Balance of Power in Pakistan’s Favour”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSkb3NWWmuw
We can continue to debate about who won on the battlefield but what is clear is that India’s foreign policy has really suffered in the last eight months or so. The India-US relationship is in a much worse place than it was before Op. Sindoor. In contrast, Pakistan’s Field Marshal has been to the White House as has PM Sharif. PM Sharif was on stage at Davos with President Trump.
India will not be repeating “Operation Sindoor” any time soon. Next time, both China and the US will be on Pakistan’s side.
As long as India doesn’t violate Pakistan’s sovereignty, I’m really not all that concerned with what it does. But our territorial integrity and sovereignty are absolute red lines.
It should go without saying that Pakistan should also not use terrorism as an instrument of proxy war. However, no credible evidence was presented to the international community of the Pakistani state’s involvement in Pahalgam.
calm pls
u cannot expect to spam and troll across multiple comments and then only have the *egregious* ones deleted.
it doesn’t work that way..
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be respectful and high signal please
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The bottom line is that anyone who uses phrases like “hate boner” and “kotha” in the public sphere reveals themselves to have a crude and sexualized mind. This is not an “ad hominem”. This is a fact.
Such words are not used by people from decent backgrounds. Enough said.
For those who don’t know what “kotha” is– the English translation is “brothel”. Such language being used about the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is completely unacceptable.
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can a jet be seriously damaged without the pilot being killed or being ejected out? it is said that indians flew a shot down jet in yesterday’s parade !!!
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/goat-f-22a-raptor-michael-jordan-fighter-planes-210292
interesting piece (I was reading on the Rafales, which managed to down a F22)
I think it’s better for Pakistan to achive a long lasting peace with India on its own terms instead of getting used by US and China for its own interests.
I despise the way Pakistani state works and thinks with its military and 2 nation theory but I am way less cynical of Pakistan than US and China.
Long term this friendship is going to be worse for Pakistan – haven’t they learned enough last 80 years. Getting used by Superpowers for your illogical/emotional fights
This umbrage to sovereignty is also a smokescreen – on balance I think even today it’s way more likely that US will not respect Pakistan sovereignty than India.
There can be no peace with India until India treats Pakistan with the respect due to a sovereign state. Also, there will be no peace unless some modus vivendi is found regarding Occupied Kashmir. This will not happen as long as Hindu Hriday Samrat is in power.
We need US and Chinese support to deter India–our main enemy. This is simply reality.
You are free to think whatever you like about the “Two Nation Theory”. You’re not a Pakistani. TNT is the entire basis for Pakistan’s existence as an independent nation-state. Also, the Hindu nationalists in your country would certainly agree with most Pakistanis that Hindus and Muslims are two distinct nations and cannot be common citizens of a nation-state. So the hostility goes both ways.
I think it’s better for Pakistan to achive a long lasting peace with India
Being pals with China is much much better
a) India cannot to be trusted, just like the US cannot be trusted.
China does not have history of sneaky regime change in other countries
b) China Bigger economy and richer populace. So bigger export market
Chinese dont haggle like Indians
c) Relatively US sanction proof. Trade can be done overland
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I removed all 5 comments because you are crossing a line. Pls don’t push it.
Created a post. Approve it, bade bhaiya.
Good post
Not sneaky but outright attempts?
Vietnam, Korea.
In that case, India also was outright
Bangladesh.
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