India, Jan. 25 -- India retained escalation dominance and protected its most critical air-defence assets during the 7-10 May 2025 air conflict with Pakistan, named Operation Sindoor, according to a detailed European military analysis, which concludes that New Delhi controlled both the tempo and the ceiling of the confrontation while preventing Pakistani forces from achieving any decisive operational effect.

The report, titled "Operation Sindoor: The India-Pakistan Air War (7-10 May 2025)", is authored by Adrien Fontanellaz and published last week by the Centre d'Histoire et de Prospective Militaires (CHPM), an independent Swiss military history and strategic studies institution based in Pully, Switzerland. Founded in 1969, CHPM is not af...