New Delhi, May 11 -- There was no let up in the trading of drones and missiles between the two warring nations for the third day following India's bold and effective kinetic retribution for the Pahalgam massacre. It deserves repetition that Operation Sindoor marked a paradigm shift in India's response matrix to cross border terrorism (CBT).
Chritine Fair, whose study of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and proxy wars excels any other study on the subject, has noted that she was terribly surprised by India's daring strikes against dens of terrorism in Muridke and Bahawalpur; that too in the heart of Punjab, adding she was also impressed by the sophistication of the precision strikes. But it did not mean the end of CBT.
While Balakot strikes ha...