India, May 29 -- As the operation unfolded with unprecedented swiftness and clarity, it revealed a new Indian normal: Confident, deliberate, and undeterred by nuclear posturing or global scrutiny. India harnessed the information dimension - not just to win battles, but to shape outcomes and future doctrines

Operation Sindoor demonstrated the effectiveness of credible harnessing of information for precision and decision thereby achieving impact and retaining initiative all through the operations. It was a classic manifestation of information as the primary resource to gain asymmetry over an adversary in combat even as there was relative symmetry in firepower and mobility resources on the two sides. The last few centuries have seen an evol...