New Delhi, July 12 -- John Spencer, warfare scholar and chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute, stressed that Operation Sindoor which was launched by the Indian Armed Forces against terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, was the culmination of a decade of preparation, not merely a four-day mission.

In an interview with ANI, Spencer, who has served over 25 years in the US Army as an infantry soldier, said that through Operation Sindoor, India not just sent a message to Pakistan but to the whole world.

Spencer highlighted that India's change in strategic doctrine after Operation Sindoor will change the entire region.

"I can absolutely clearly see a change in India's strategic doc...