NEW DELHI, May 11 -- The four-day conflict between India and Pakistan revealed warfare's dual revolutions: advanced strike systems and sophisticated information operations that aided both sides to target the other deep behind enemy lines without crossing physical borders. Both militaries deployed drones, standoff weapons and automated air defences, while simultaneously waging battles over perception and reality on the digital battlefield. The conflict- the first between the nuclear-armed neighbours since 1999 - marked the combat debut of multiple advanced systems that circumvented conventional confrontations. Pakistan used Turkish-origin armed drones to target 36 locations simultaneously across a 900-kilometre frontier and deployed Chinese-made PL-15 beyond visual range air-to-air missiles fired from JF-17 fighter jets against India for the first time. India countered with its own firsts aided by a years-long effort by the government to enhance the nation's air defence capabilities. S-400 air defence systems, Akash surface-to-air missiles, Barak 8 defences, and anti-drone technologies ringfenced Indian territory and repelled the Pakistan's air offensive. In offensive capabilities, Rafale fighter jets launching Scalp cruise missiles and Hammer smart weapons, and loitering munitions-essentially sensor-equipped kamikaze drones-added to the effectiveness of India's strikes on enemy targets. When Indian Air Force targeted eight Pakistani military sites on Friday and Saturday -including airbases, radar units and ammunition dumps-the attacks came from standoff ranges within Indian territory. "Operation Sindoor has demonstrated that the dynamics of India's response to cross-border terrorism too have changed," said a person familiar with the operation, asking not to be named. "We have shown that we are capable of striking terrorist infrastructure and military installations deep within Pakistan, and that there will be a high cost for cross-border terrorism."...