Overview

• Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir’s June 28 speech at the Naval Academy coincided with a rare Pahalgam attack blamed on India that killed 13 Pakistani soldiers.
• India has commenced a comprehensive stocktaking of Operation Sindoor to dissect tactical outcomes and resource deployment.
• Experts call for an in-depth analysis of the unprecedented 90-hour war’s beyond-visual-range air engagements involving more than 100 aircraft.
• Officials acknowledge that delayed briefings during Operation Sindoor ceded narrative control to Pakistan and plan to implement a proactive crisis communications framework.
• New Delhi continues to sustain multilateral diplomatic outreach to shore up support for its counterterrorism doctrine and deter further proxy strikes.