Here are mine
- I think GOI wanted to push the overtone window as much as possible without triggering a nuclear crisis. We showed that Pakistan military's most sacred/sensitive sites/assets are at our mercy, 24/7, 365 days. I would've preferred a complete totaling of PN & PAF and putting them out of service for next 10yrs but that just me
- I think we were too rigid with our opsec that we allowed pak and its gora masters to fill the information gap with pak convenient face savers. I really liked the idea which saurav jha suggested that we should do a foreign press tour of the targets Pakistan claimed it hit (I have no idea how practical it is OPSEC wise)
- TACTICALLY I think our weapon of the match (similar to man of the match) is a tie between BrahMos and our AD. BrahMos cut through pak AD like a hot knife through butter and couldn't do anything but watch. Imagine the khundus they must have felt when they couldn't repeat the same against us. Thanks to our world class air defense network. Akash & L-70s were the unsung heroes of op Sindoor. Also S400's OFFENSIVE capability tiped the scale in our favor just as BrahMos did, they have no answer for it.
STRATEGICALLY I'm not sure if attriting PAF & PN was nuke safe. I hope it was. We have to see when more info becomes available.
DIPLOMATICALLY we confirmed that our suspicion of US was 100% justified and US will go to any length to maintain their leverage (Pakistan) on India. Nothing changed sonce Nixon days. Presidents come and go but the policy stays the same. Never forget who is the sutradhar behind the scourge of terrorism & islamism in sub continent. Pakistan is just a puppet/a mask.
TECHNOLOGICALLY we saw it was the indigenous weapons which gave us the edge (BrahMos, Akash, astra etc.) over Pakistan. In fact we have to call on our domestic suppliers in moment of crisis.
- immediate measures we can take as as follows
= arrange a tour of foreign journalists to the target sites pak have mentioned in their pressers.
= don't own attrition if a pilot's live is not lost.
= arrange a 36 aircraft flyby over rajpath (pull whatever favor you have to for it).
(DON'T GIVE SUARS THE SATISFACTION)
= announce major hydro projects on chenab & jhelum. And start work on war footing.
= super sukhoi needs to be expedited with possible r-37 imports.
= expedited DRDO AWACS & DRSO ISTAR platform
= expedited LRCM, Pralay, LR-ASM, Astra mk3
= need to sign the f414 deal. Many things depends on it.
= punative sanctions against turkey (impose the cost)
= build an international news org like RT.com