Operation Sindoor - Post Conflict Analysis

[g.sarkar]

https://www.rediff.com/news/report/how- ... 251007.htm
How AI Led the Charge in Op Sindoor
Bhaswar Kumar, October 07, 2025
'Threat assessment, intelligence analysis, (battlefield) situation review -- what has transpired in the last three hours -- was conducted with the help of AI.'
Home-grown military software applications and artificial intelligence tools were extensively employed by the Indian Army during Operation Sindoor to accelerate decision-making and enhance battlefield awareness, a senior officer said on Monday, adding that these capabilities will be further upgraded with a military-specific large language model (LLM) expected to become functional within six months.
Clarifying that the tools were not directed at any specific country but developed to give the army specific capabilities, Lieutenant General Rajiv Kumar Sahni, Director General, Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (DG EME), added that they are meant to be deployed along all of the nation's borders.
"That capability, in equal measure and when required, will be deployed along all our borders," Sahni said.
Speaking at a briefing in the national capital, the DG EME also underlined that these tools were indigenously developed and trained using data provided by the army to meet its operational and doctrinal requirements.
Underscoring that both the army and the nation are steadily upgrading their capabilities, General Sahni, who served as DG Information Systems before taking charge as DG EME, said, "Our military LLM will be fully functional, post testing and validation, in six months' time."
Revealing that a common operational, intelligence, and logistics picture was created for the army during Operation Sindoor using around 23 applications, General Sahni explained that this required collecting and processing a significant volume of information in real time.
"AI was used for multi-sensor and multi-source data fusion," he added.
Indigenous AI tools, including small language models, were used to collate and analyse the data.
"Threat assessment, intelligence analysis, and (battlefield) situation review -- what has transpired in the last three hours -- was conducted with the help of AI," General Sahni said, adding that heat maps were also generated at the joint operational control centre to support resource prioritisation during the May 7-10 conflict with Pakistan.
AI tools were also used in precision targeting during Operation Sindoor, with General Sahni citing one app -- developed by the army's Directorate General of Information Systems (DGIS) in collaboration with the India Meteorological Department -- that provided 72-hour meteorological forecasts covering areas deep into adversary territory.
"This helped artillery engage with precision at extended ranges," he said.
An electronic intelligence collation application, also developed by the DGIS, was employed during Operation Sindoor.
General Sahni explained that the AI model was trained using about 26 years of data collected by Indian agencies and armed services.
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Gautam

[sanjaykumar]

Yeah but they had halal doorbin.

[Prem Kumar]

Also please note that US has included Pakistan in the Amraam C8/D3 Contract, so we need to start production and induction of Astra Mk2, Astra Mk3 along with other countermeasures otherwise this will bite us in 2028-30 timeframe.

This will continue as long as PAF exists. So, its our duty to ensure that when the next Op Sindoor ends, they don't have one

[V_Raman]

we are Kichidi AF anyways - we can ask for AMRAAM and get it. What is in a name - we have all alphabet missiles from all over the world anyway! As always - Rafale can fire it with its god fearing radar as well. and when those get old - we will invent domestic NASAMS for fire them like what happened with R73 - we are the perfect kichidi defense force in the world!

[Sumeet]

Also please note that US has included Pakistan in the Amraam C8/D3 Contract, so we need to start production and induction of Astra Mk2, Astra Mk3 along with other countermeasures otherwise this will bite us in 2028-30 timeframe.

This will continue as long as PAF exists. So, its our duty to ensure that when the next Op Sindoor ends, they don't have one

Ain't military sales need to go through Congress approval ?

Besides Astra Mk2 & Mk3, we should qualify R-37M + Virupakhsa combo on Super Sukhoi. Even induction of Rafael Sky Sting could help us out in this situation.

We should lobby in DC that AMARAAM C8/D3 can be shown to China, given TSP virtually lives off Chinese support. Also, TSP won't be able to get Bagram air base for US in Afghanistan as that will be a big redline for China. It will be interesting to see how this situation evolves.