Operation Sindoor Shows India’s Joint Warfare Shift

Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi termed "Operation Sindoor," launched in May 2025, a "defining case study" for India’s transition toward Multi Domain Operations (MDO), where land, air, sea, cyber, and space forces operate in a single integrated fusion.

The operation was a massive tri-service retaliation following the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, 2025, which claimed the lives of 26 tourists, targeting nine key terror infrastructures across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

General Dwivedi highlighted that no single service determined the outcome; instead, a ground intelligence network fused with Cyber and Electronic Warfare (EW) provided targeting for the Air Force, while the Navy’s repositioning shaped the broader conflict calculus.

The Chief distinguished "land forces" from the "land domain," explaining that modern warfare spans six domains: Land, Air, Maritime, Cyber, Space, and Cognitive (information/psychological).

Named "Sindoor" as a tribute to the widows of the Pahalgam victims, the operation also triggered major non-military moves, including India holding the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance and suspending bilateral trade with Pakistan.

The Chief distinguished "land forces" from the "land domain," explaining that modern warfare spans six domains: Land, Air, Maritime, Cyber, Space, and Cognitive (information/psychological).

Operation Sindoor: Army Chief Hails 'Domain Jointness' as Milestone in Modern Indian Warfare

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