Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

[chetak]

The ba$tard from the chindu had to ask if we suffered any aircraft losses. Piece of $hit.

hanumadu ji,

his boss's cheeni paymasters wanted to know.

They didn't got their money's worth during the recent excitement

[gakakkad]

I think we are playing psy-ops by maintaining ambiguity.

[Baikul]

The ba$tard from the chindu had to ask if we suffered any aircraft losses. Piece of $hit.

I’m not watching. What was the answer?

Also these were the guys who’d first put out that we’d suffered airplane losses , before deleting that news.

[gakakkad]

The ba$tard from the chindu had to ask if we suffered any aircraft losses. Piece of $hit.

I’m not watching. What was the answer?

All our personnel are safe and returned home. no comments otherwise as ongoing combat situation.

[Baikul]

^^ Dhanyavaad saar

[k prasad]

The ba$tard from the chindu had to ask if we suffered any aircraft losses. Piece of $hit.

It's a free press, and he's asking the question we've all wanted to know the answer to. Up to GoI to respond accordingly. Nothing wrong with that. We're not a totalitarian failed state. I expect journalists to ask tough questions. It's when they report untruthfully / with a clear bias / push an agenda that it becomes problematic.

[drnayar]

I guess after this press briefing by DGMO, the rona dhona on information warfare / propaganda failure will stop.
We hit them all over, brought all their airbases to their knees, and are now showing those images in the press conference. With no loss of pilots.
Complete dominance

Would be interesting to see what the paki DGMO has to say

[suryag]

Someone should have asked if Tejas saw action (afaik it is deployed in Jaisalmer)?

[chetak]

The ba$tard from the chindu had to ask if we suffered any aircraft losses. Piece of $hit.

It's a free press, and he's asking the question we've all wanted to know the answer to. Up to GoI to respond accordingly. Nothing wrong with that. We're not a totalitarian failed state. I expect journalists to ask tough questions. It's when they report untruthfully / with a clear bias / push an agenda that it becomes problematic.

k prasad ji,

apparently people still have much to learn about the mount road muck raker and the paper's insidious reputation for "fairness" or they have an agenda to push

did you know that the GoI has banned the english version the wire, just a few days ago. read up on vardarajan, (us passport) his haram patni and the so called free press.

the mount road muckraker and his cheeni paymasters will only report untruthfully, always with a clear bias, and wilfully push an treasonous agenda for such a long time that it has already becomes problematic.

The Hindu amplifies Pakistani propaganda that three Indian fighter jets crashed in Kashmir, deletes report after being called out
The Hindu claimed that the jets crashed in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor, Ramban, and Pampore areas, and published some photographs. But the photos published by them show that the object that crashed onto the ground is actually an external fuel tank, not a fighter jet

However, after it was pointed by netizens that the news is fake and the images used by The Hindu were old, the newspaper was forced to remove the claim and issue an apology.

Earlier today, The Hindu posted on X, saying, “JUST IN | At least three Indian jets have crashed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor, Ramban, and Pampore areas, a government official told The Hindu.” They stated that this report was filed by Deputy Editor Vijaita Singh, who has a long history of publishing fake and baseless reports.

[hanumadu]

The ba$tard from the chindu had to ask if we suffered any aircraft losses. Piece of $hit.

It's a free press, and he's asking the question we've all wanted to know the answer to. Up to GoI to respond accordingly. Nothing wrong with that. We're not a totalitarian failed state. I expect journalists to ask tough questions. It's when they report untruthfully / with a clear bias / push an agenda that it becomes problematic.

He was pushing an agenda and wanted to elicit information that shouldn't be said. The 'no comments' answer from the Air Marshall is an indication that he shouldn't have asked the question. The Air Marshall already refused to answer the losses suffered by the pakis, so why do you think it is ok to ask for the losses suffered by India. Yes, we all want to know but we also realize that it will be revealed in time.

[ernest]

@Mods: Can we please start a thread on information only on Pakistan losses, - as credible as possible - without any other aspect of the operation on it. We need a credible list with details somewhere and a moderated forum like BRF is the best place to do it?

second that. Also Saurav Jha has started a thread on his twitter. Please do contribute there, and copy credible info from there to the thread
https://x.com/SJha1618/status/1921501590998880406

[AkshaySG]

Every time this thread becomes active again Pak re-ignites hostilities lol

[Rakesh]

Every time this thread becomes active again Pak re-ignites hostilities lol

Older thread not closed

[A_Gupta]

Indian Defence Forces Joint Briefing on Op SINDOOR via Doordarshan India.

LIVE: Special Press Briefing on Operation Sindoor

[Rakesh]

TSP press conference coming up.

DG ISPR PC delayed by 2 hours after IAF showed proof of strikes

https://x.com/griezmenace/status/192157 ... 28032?s=46

Will be filled with lies and horseshit. Will be fun to watch though. Get your Samosa and Chai ready.

Get ready to hear divine inspired military feats from the TSP forces ---> Allah* was on our side.

*If Allah is on Pakistan's side...he has got a really good sense of humour.

[A_Gupta]

Satellite imagery released by a Chinese satellite firm (MIZAZVISION) showed the damage at Pakistan’s Nur Khan Airbase following strikes by the Indian armed forces.
India Today, May 11, 2025
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/s ... 2025-05-11

[ShauryaT]

Used an LLM, to compile this list, if any errors, pls LMK. Thanks.

Operation Sindoor: Pakistani Air Bases Targeted (May 2025)[/size]
Source-verified list of the 11 Pakistani air bases targeted by the Indian Air Force.

[*]Nur Khan (Chaklala)--Major transport + VIP base near Islamabad; extensive hangar and infrastructure damage reported.--Economic Times, IndiaTV

[*]PAF Base Rafiqui (Shorkot)--Key fighter base; aircraft shelters and support buildings struck.--Economic Times

[*]Murid Airbase--Drone ops and training hub; C2 facilities hit.--Economic Times

[*]Sargodha (Mushaf AFB)--Northern Air Command HQ; radars and hardened shelters targeted.--Economic Times, IndiaTV

[*]Skardu (Baltistan)--Forward base for Gilgit-Baltistan ops; runway, POL storage targeted.--Economic Times, NDTV

[*]Sukkur--Southern support base; hangars and logistics affected.--Economic Times

[*]Pasrur--Forward operating base; munitions depot hit.--Economic Times

[*]Chunian--Training base; facilities damaged.--Economic Times

[*]Bholari (Sindh)--Newest PAF airbase; targeted for radar, C2 assets.--Economic Times

[*]Jacobabad--Dual-use base; runway and apron struck.--Economic Times

[*]Rahim Yar Khan--Logistics base; fuel tanks and depots targeted.--IndiaTV

[k prasad]

It's a free press, and he's asking the question we've all wanted to know the answer to. Up to GoI to respond accordingly. Nothing wrong with that. We're not a totalitarian failed state. I expect journalists to ask tough questions. It's when they report untruthfully / with a clear bias / push an agenda that it becomes problematic.

He was pushing an agenda and wanted to elicit information that shouldn't be said. The 'no comments' answer from the Air Marshall is an indication that he shouldn't have asked the question. The Air Marshall already refused to answer the losses suffered by the pakis, so why do you think it is ok to ask for the losses suffered by India. Yes, we all want to know but we also realize that it will be revealed in time.

I wasn't saying he didn't have an agenda. I'm just saying that the asking questions isn't the problem. One expects leading and motivated questions from journos, especially if they are from foreign press or other ideological publications. It's how we respond to them that matters. The response from the air marshal was perfect. The journos can still ask the question just as the AM can (and did) shut him down. Telling our press to not ask those questions is a slippery slope imo.

[Anujan]

The lies peddled by certain media houses have started getting exposed as the satellite imagery from our strikes come in. I presume this hangar had a few f-16s inside. There are even exit wounds on the other side of the structure. Brahmos or scalp zindabad.

[https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1921496551861400047

Apparently the hangar had an awacs undergoing maintenance. TIFIW

In other prediciton, this will be roundly criticized in the next CAG report that the impact point was 2 meters away from the center

[hanumadu]

He was pushing an agenda and wanted to elicit information that shouldn't be said. The 'no comments' answer from the Air Marshall is an indication that he shouldn't have asked the question. The Air Marshall already refused to answer the losses suffered by the pakis, so why do you think it is ok to ask for the losses suffered by India. Yes, we all want to know but we also realize that it will be revealed in time.

I wasn't saying he didn't have an agenda. I'm just saying that the asking questions isn't the problem. One expects leading and motivated questions from journos, especially if they are from foreign press or other ideological publications. It's how we respond to them that matters. The response from the air marshal was perfect. The journos can still ask the question just as the AM can (and did) shut him down. Telling our press to not ask those questions is a slippery slope imo.

They were taking questions from journalists. So your point about being able to ask questions is a strawman. Its the particular question that is problematic, especially when he refused to speak about even the numbers of the pakis. The govt had previously said we did not lose any aircraft. So, why couldn't he be satisfied with that answer until the hostilities subside?

[k prasad]

He asked. AM deflected. Done. Indian Press is supposed to dig and press and not just parrot govt talking points. It's not the Pakistani press.

[hanumadu]

He asked. AM deflected. Done. Indian Press is supposed to dig and press and not just parrot govt talking points. It's not the Pakistani press.

Dude, take a hint. Did you watch his reply? This was not the time to dig. My last on this.

[ShauryaT]

Operation Sindoor: Pakistani Attacks and Indian Response (May 2025)

According to Indian defense officials, Pakistan launched between 300 to 400 drones targeting 36 locations across India. These drones, including Turkish-made Songar UAVs, aimed at both civilian and military infrastructure. Indian forces successfully intercepted and neutralized the majority of these drones.

• NDTV
• LiveMint
• Times of India
• Deccan Herald

• Region—Pakistani Assets used—Impact—Counter Measures—Percent of Pakistani Assets destroyed
• Jammu & Kashmir--Drones, Missiles, Rockets--Minor civilian injuries; no major military losses--IAF fighters, SPYDER, L70 & ZU-23 guns, EW jammers--~90%
• Punjab--Drones, Loitering Munitions--One civilian injury at Ferozepur; no military damage--SPYDER, L70 guns, IAF interception, EW jammers--~90%
• Rajasthan--Drones--No damage reported--SPYDER, L70/ZU-23 guns, EW jammers--~95%
• Gujarat--Drones--No damage reported--IAF fighters, SPYDER, ZU-23 guns, EW jammers--~95%

Notes:
- No credible reports indicate use of S-400 against drones. S-400 was deployed for higher-level airspace defense.
- Neutralization rates as claimed by Indian military and MEA: overall >90% drone intercept success.
- Primary engagement assets: IAF aircraft, SPYDER SAMs, L70/ZU-23 guns, electronic warfare (jammers).

[hanumadu]

Cross post

This is a game changer and a national asset

AkashTeer: India’s Game-Changer That Left US, China, and the World Stunned

This is the first time in modern warfare history that a non-Western, non-NATO country has demonstrated a fully indigenous, AI-coordinated, satellite-linked, autonomous battle swarm, changing the very nature of combat response and airspace control.


...
Is invisible to traditional radar systems used by Pakistan and even China
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USA – Shocked & Scrambling
Pentagon analysts were stunned when AkashTeer drones bypassed all Pakistani and Chinese radar shields, hinting that US-grade stealth capabilities had been matched—or even outclassed—by India. This has triggered internal reviews of how the US misjudged India’s indigenous tech rise.

China – Silenced with Fear

China's top drone and satellite systems (CASC and BeiDou) are now being recalibrated to counter Indian algorithms, but analysts admit they did not anticipate India’s combat satellite + AI fusion. Beijing's military spokesmen have gone unusually silent, a signal of true strategic surprise.
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Turkey – Stunned by Drone Supremacy

Turkey, proud of its Bayraktar TB2 drones, realized that AkashTeer drones are lighter, faster, stealthier, and more autonomous. Ankara is now desperately seeking software upgrades.

Pakistan – Completely Blind-Sided

Pak Army’s radar and air command centers failed to detect the entry of AkashTeer drones near sensitive zones. Their response systems froze because no known signature or frequency was picked up. This has crippled confidence in US-supplied AWACS and anti-drone radars.
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I was wondering if the pakis forgot to defend against the drones basking in their hq9 and hq16 systems. Obviously hq9s and hq16s cant be used against drones just like our s-400 or MRSAMs or Akash cant be used. Did they have anything serious deployed against the drones?

It's only been 3 years since drone warfare became popular with the Russia-Ukraine war. It's a great achievement that we were able to establish such formidable capabilities in both defensive and offensive domains of drone warfare in such a short time. OTOH, If we have been working on them before 2022, hatsoff to the people who showed such clairvoyance.

[Ambar]

The ba$tard from the chindu had to ask if we suffered any aircraft losses. Piece of $hit.

I’m not watching. What was the answer?

Also these were the guys who’d first put out that we’d suffered airplane losses , before deleting that news.

He said that equipment losses in combat are normal, and all our pilots are safe, that's what matters. He did not go into further details.

PAF pilots flying Qatari Rafales and the experience and insight they gain from it should have been a factor in the MRCA decision. But whatever the case, HAL needs to produce the Tejas on a war footing. The next conflict won’t be a three-day skirmish.

[ShauryaT]

Operation Sindoor: Indian Strikes on Pakistani Terror and Military Sites (May 2025)

Sources:

• NDTV
• Times of India
• Business Standard
• Economic Times

Terrorist Camps (9 Targets)

• Location—Group--Weapon Used--Platform
• Bahawalpur--JeM--SCALP Cruise Missile--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Muridke--LeT--SCALP Cruise Missile--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Tehra Kalan--JeM--AASM Hammer PGM--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Sialkot--Unknown--AASM Hammer PGM--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Bhimber--Unknown--SkyStriker Loitering Munition--UAV
• Kotli--Unknown--SkyStriker Loitering Munition--UAV
• Muzaffarabad--Hizbul Mujahideen--SCALP Cruise Missile--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Gulpur--LeT--AASM Hammer PGM--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Sarjal--Unknown--SkyStriker Loitering Munition--UAV

Military Targets (11 Sites)

• Location--Weapon Used--Platform
• Nur Khan Air Base--SCALP Cruise Missile--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Rafiqui Air Base--SCALP Cruise Missile--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Murid Air Base--SCALP Cruise Missile--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Sukkur Air Base--SCALP Cruise Missile--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Sialkot Air Base--AASM Hammer PGM--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Pasrur Air Base--AASM Hammer PGM--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Chunian Air Base--AASM Hammer PGM--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Sargodha Air Base--SCALP Cruise Missile--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Skardu Air Base--SCALP Cruise Missile--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Bholari Air Base--SCALP Cruise Missile--Rafale Fighter Jet
• Jacobabad Air Base--SCALP Cruise Missile--Rafale Fighter Jet

Summary:
- SCALP Cruise Missiles were used for deep strategic targets.
- AASM Hammer bombs were used against hardened point targets.
- SkyStriker loitering drones performed SEAD and precision strikes on small targets.
- Primary launch platform was the Rafale multirole fighter.
- Interesting that there seems to be no credible reporting for use of Su-30, Mig 29K, Tejas, Jaguar, Mirage 2000 is an A2G role?
- IF - and this is a big IF - there were some loss of Rafale, it explains why as these were the dominant assets used.

[Rakesh]

He said that equipment losses in combat are normal, and all our pilots are safe, that's what matters. He did not go into further details.

PAF pilots flying Qatari Rafales and the experience and insight they gain from it should have been a factor in the MRCA decision. But whatever the case, HAL needs to produce the Tejas on a war footing. The next conflict won’t be a three-day skirmish.

PAF pilots did not fly Qatari Rafales. That was another psy ops play, put out by DGISPR.

“News of Pakistani pilots training to fly Qatari Rafale is fake news,” French ambassador to India says
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/news-of ... ndia-says/
15 April 2019

The Rafales proved themselves to be extremely valuable to the IAF this past week. The MRFA, in whatever number that will be chosen, will be the Rafale. Just look at the post above

[suryag]

Sir can someone add chagai and kirana hills impact

[Ambar]

Much has been discussed about Pahalgam massacre and subsequent 'Operation Sindoor', i don't agree with the conclusion that Pakistan did NOT expect India to react the way it did. In fact, Pakistan's entire Pahalgam plan was to force India to react militarily. No ways did a near-bankrupt country plan such elaborate plants in the media in two weeks, sure, our PR is stuck in the 1970s babudom loop, but the slickness and scale of mass information campaign in mainstream and social media has China written all over it. Pahalgam was perpetrated for two reasons in my opinion - 1. China's plan to thwart India from becoming the next global manufacturing hub and 2. TSPA to recover its heavily damaged and tarnished image post-Imran Khan's arrest domestically.

It is not a matter of if but a matter of when they'll try again. Pahalgam wasn't even the first high-profile attack in the recent times, there was Reasi attack which killed 10 civilians, Gulmarg attack that killed four close to a popular tourist destination, seven were killed while working on a tunnel last October, another attack in Kathua that killed five soldiers including an officer. China must have leaned on them to do something so sinister and public that India will have no options but to retaliate, and take the opportunity to splash the message all over the world that India is too unstable to be a realiable factory to the world.

India must waste no time in recognizing Balochistan as an independent country and allow them to setup an embassy in India. Normalize relations with the taliban and provide what they need against Pakistan. But more than anything be prepared for another high-profile terror attack because it is coming.

[Ambar]

Something also lost in all the noise is US approving $397m just this february to upgrade Pakistani F-16s, this is in addition to Biden approving $400m in upgrades in 2022. The three and a half fathers are still there, it is just that instead of feeding Pakis from a fire hose, they now feed them through an open faucet.

If US can bypass Israel and negotiate directly with Hamas, Houthis and now Iran, it should be no surprise that India's security is not even a concern or point of debate when it comes to funding Pakistan.

[A_Gupta]

PAF pilots did not fly Qatari Rafales. That was another psy ops play, put out by DGISPR.

“News of Pakistani pilots training to fly Qatari Rafale is fake news,” French ambassador to India says
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/news-of ... ndia-says/
15 April 2019

The Rafales proved themselves to be extremely valuable to the IAF this past week. The MRFA, in whatever number that will be chosen, will be the Rafale. Just look at the post above

Red-faced. I fell for this bit of fake news.

[Roop]

Sir can someone add chagai and kirana hills impact

At present, those two are still unconfirmed rumors. Not to say that I don't believe them (I do), but they still lack any reasonable standard of evidence. Who knows, that may change in a week or two.

[Leonard]

Cross-posting -- Because this is WHAT caused -- TRUMP to bleat like a Ba-ba Black Sheep about a "STOP-FIRE" request ...

When a Non-Proliferation Ayatollah posts this -- Kind of gives u an idea why MUNIR's Banyan & Chaddi were soiled .

https://x.com/aravind/status/1921643188 ... 07/photo/1

[Anujan]

Much has been discussed about Pahalgam massacre and subsequent 'Operation Sindoor', i don't agree with the conclusion that Pakistan did NOT expect India to react the way it did.

Pakistan army has always been led by duffers.

Operation Gibraltar planning was as follows. "We will send some Pakistan army soldiers along with some irregulars into Kashmir. Lal Bahadur Shastri is small dark and probably eats rice. His shirt does not warm his legs so he will shiver". Lal Bahadur Shastri have the order to attack across the international boundary.

Kargil planning was as follows. We will occupy Kargil. We will cut off the road to siachen. Then we will conquer siachen. Atal Bihari Vajpayee is a poet and he does not have something tight like Musharraf's musharraf. We have the bum. The world will compel India to not react. The result was that India fired bofors in direct fire mode and most of the bodies of northern flight infantry were not even recognizable. And oh they didn't inform their air force.

Throw in their other domestic, political and economic successes. Now tell me why they were some strategic geniuses? Their planning for pahalgam was probably "we will kill tourists in Cashmere. Tourism will die. We will conduct some missile tests and naval firing drills.". India bombed Muridke. Followed it up by bombing Skardu.

Listen to Nitin Ghokale video. It is clear that Pakistan did downhill ski not just because of what India did. But also what India conclusively demonstrated she could do. India bombed a runway in the middle of the junction with another taxiway. Followed it up by bombing a hangar right in the middle of the roof in far away Pakistani Hyderabad.

If things had escalated from there, most of PAF would have been precision struck on the ground followed by a slaughter from the air.

So Shehbaz Sharif declared that "great victory for Pakistan. I might have gotten a tight slap and my cheeks are swollen but my teeth are intact. India lost"

[chetak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXo0EKfxXjY



Operation Sindoor: How Pakistan Stood Down After India's Attack

India’s Operation Sindoor dismantled key terror infrastructure, prompting a desperate Pakistani appeal for a ceasefire.

Despite US claims of mediation, it was Pakistan that reached out to India’s military leadership to halt hostilities.

The Indian response was measured, precise, and decisive—altering the battlefield and the narrative.

With global support behind it, New Delhi set new rules of engagement.

This is the inside story of how the ceasefire came to be—and how India forced Islamabad’s hand.

[chetak]

watch the delusional pakis crying.

excerpts of paki media on an Indian channel

the pakis absolutely have no concept of ground reality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGP6UlgGKwQ

Pakistani Media Crying On India Operation Sindoor | Indian Navy | Pak Media On India Drone Attack

[uddu]

https://x.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/19 ... 4015167500
@TheDeadDistrict
Based on geolocation, this video of missile strike Pakistan nuclear weapons storage facility in Kirana hills is accurate.
Tunnel entrance was struck in a precise hit.

For the first time in history, a nuclear armed state's nuclear warhead storage facilities are being hit.

https://x.com/AnshumatVakra/status/1921604923646439669
@AnshumatVakra
Egypt air plane also came today. Mostly carrying emergency shipment of boron. I googled to see if Egypt has boron. It does in abundance in the Nile delta. So here we go. Shit has happened.

Why did it come from China? Are the Chinese are the ones doing the cleanup operations, with the nukes being Chinese?

PS: Boron is the element of choice for damping radioactive spills

[Aditya_V]

One more thing, I noticed in Paki videos of HQ-9, A-100, SH-15, all the TEL and equipment have lot of fresh paint clean tyres. Looks like Pakis are treating these as showcase items, shinned and cleaned but nobody knows really how to operate them.

I support the ceasefire at this stage, but time to go whole hog on Make India- this can buy us 5-6 years peace, when a new set of Jihadi commanders come and think they can do better.

Notice how China has surrendered to Trump with amicable Trade deal now that Pakistan cannot stop Indian Manufacturing.

[williams]

One more thing, I noticed in Paki videos of HQ-9, A-100, SH-15, all the TEL and equipment have lot of fresh paint clean tyres. Looks like Pakis are treating these as showcase items, shinned and cleaned but nobody knows really how to operate them.

At least they knew how to paint

[uddu]

https://x.com/Sootradhar/status/1921600319764459579
This is what Narendra Modi told the Americans