Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

[ramana]

One question I have, is Sakesar Radar Station no longer that important? how come it did not receive love and attention from the IAF- in 1971 and 65 IAF lost pilots trying to take it down given its Strategic location.

Study the targets hit and come to your conclusions.

[A_Gupta]

CoPilot reads BRF

In operation sindoor why was the radar station at Sakesar not attacked?

The radar station at Sakesar, once a prized strategic target during earlier conflicts like the 1965 and 1971 wars, was notably not attacked during Operation Sindoor—and that’s sparked some curiosity.

According to a post-conflict analysis on Bharat Rakshak, one forum member questioned whether Sakesar is no longer considered strategically vital, especially since the Indian Air Force had previously lost pilots trying to neutralize it in past wars. The response suggested that a deeper look at the targets actually hit during Operation Sindoor might offer clues. It implies that India’s target selection was deliberate, focusing on terror infrastructure and key air bases, rather than legacy radar sites that may have diminished in importance or been replaced by more modern systems3.

In short, it seems the omission of Sakesar was intentional, possibly because:

It no longer plays a central role in Pakistan’s air defense grid.

India prioritized high-value, active assets like drone bases, radar installations with anti-stealth capabilities, and command centers.

The operation aimed to be precise and non-escalatory, avoiding unnecessary provocation.

Would you like a breakdown of the radar sites that were targeted instead? Some of those hits were pretty telling.

[saumitra_j]

From Nitin Gokhale interview on you tube

PAF lost 4 Block 52s, 2 Mirage 5s and 1 IL 76 as in combat losses in air! They lost another 4 F16s in Sargodha apparently...., apart from taking out the AWACS which was a SAAB bird and all the social media narrative is on how bad the Chinese weapons are

Apologies if it is repost....

[Aditya_V]

Co pilot?? Starting to answer random BRF posts

[Rakesh]

CoPilot reads BRF

What is the source of this post?

[vera_k]

This is what's returned when querying copilot.microsoft.com with the question posted. Microsoft's Copilot system references this forum directly in the answer, while Google's Gemini system does not.

Both CoPilot and Gemini have accurate answers. ChatGPT on the other hand is wildly inaccurate, and thinks Operation Sindoor is another name for Operation Safed Sagar and was carried out as part of the 1999 Kargil war.

[A_Gupta]

CoPilot reads BRF

What is the source of this post?

Apologies, Microsoft’s publicly available Large Language Model/ AI, available by Bing search or directly:

https://copilot.microsoft.com/chats/TeZ ... KmgTsKVSDr

[Amber G.]

Pahalgam massacre: US designates Pakistan's Lashkar offshoot TRF terrorist organisation; cites 'Trump's justice call for April 22 attack

[A_Gupta]

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-paci ... 025-07-19/
Trump says he thinks 5 jets were shot down in India-Pakistan hostilities

WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday up to five jets were shot down during recent India-Pakistan hostilities that began after an April Islamist militant attack in India-administered Kashmir, with the situation calming after a ceasefire in May.
Trump, who made his remarks at a dinner with some Republican U.S. lawmakers at the White House, did not specify which side's jets he was referring to.

"In fact, planes were being shot out of the air. Five, five, four or five, but I think five jets were shot down actually," Trump said while talking about the India-Pakistan hostilities, without elaborating or providing further detail.

From elsewhere:

Donald Trump mentioned the downing of fighter jets reportedly during a dinner with some Republican lawmakers at the White House. Although he didn't give any further details, Trump did say that these were fighter jets airborne and not those stationed at any of the airbases that were struck as the tensions escalated. "You had India, Pakistan, that was going… in fact, planes were being shot out of the air...four or five. But I think five jets were shot down actually…that was getting worse and worse, wasn't it?... That was looking like it was going to go, these are two serious nuclear countries, and they were hitting each other," he said. Trump was quoted as saying to the MPs.