“Operation Sindoor Showed The IAF’s Strength, But Also Its Blind Spots”, Swarajya, October 22, 2025
“If one was scrolling through X or Twitter yesterday, it was impossible to miss the flood of citations for the gallantry awardees of Operation Sindoor. Yet, alongside the accolades, a parallel debate has been simmering, sparked by a critical piece from a naval veteran examining the performance of the IAF during the operation.
There is little doubt that the IAF delivered a devastating blow to Pakistan in Operation Sindoor. It obliterated the JeM and LeT mosque complexes in Bahawalpur and Muridkie, targets that had long stood as grim symbols of India’s inability to punish Pakistan’s military-jihad nexus. Nearly a dozen Pakistani airbases were hammered with pinpoint accuracy, while successive waves of Pakistani counterattacks were intercepted and neutralised by the Integrated Air Command and Control System (IACCS).
Yet, as the post-Operation Sindoor euphoria begins to settle, the IAF faces some hard questions…..”
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