Operation Sindoor stands as a strategic milestone in India’s defence narrative, exemplifying unprecedented tri-service jointness and integration amidst evolving security challenges. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, at a high-profile event in New Delhi, highlighted how the operation reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to coordinated, adaptive and preemptive defence strategies, necessary for safeguarding national security and achieving strategic autonomy.
Extraordinary Tri-Service Jointness and Integration
Operation Sindoor, conducted in May 2025, was India’s focused retaliatory response to a Pakistan-sponsored terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, that claimed 26 civilian lives. The operation showcased seamless operational synergy among the Army, Navy, and Air Force facilitated by the Chief of Defence Staff and supported by robust governmental coordination.
Precision strikes targeted terrorist infrastructure at multiple sites within Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir—underscoring meticulous joint planning and intelligence-led execution while avoiding civilian and military targets.
Adoption of Coordinated, Adaptive Strategies
Raksha Mantri underscored that traditional defence paradigms are insufficient today as conflicts now involve hybrid and asymmetrical dimensions. In Operation Sindoor, India combined multi-agency intelligence, advanced surveillance, and real-time threat assessment through an Integrated Command and Control Strategy, neutralizing enemy retaliatory attacks without collateral damage.
This adaptive, technology-driven approach reaffirmed India’s resolve to remain future-ready and strategically autonomous, setting a global benchmark for defense operations under nuclear overhangs and grey-zone warfare.
Civil-Military Fusion: Strategic Enabler for National Power
At the book launch for ‘Civil-Military Fusion as a Metric of National Power & Comprehensive Security’ by Lt Gen Raj Shukla (Retd), Shri Rajnath Singh advocated civil-military fusion not merely as structural integration, but as a strategic enabler.
He emphasized the need to connect civil industry, the private sector, academia, and the defence establishment to foster innovation, preserve talent, and drive technological self-reliance. Integrated efforts have raised India’s domestic defence production from around ₹46,000 crore a decade ago to a record ₹1.51 lakh crore, with significant private sector contribution.
Civil-military fusion, he stressed, is crucial for leveraging dual-use technology, expanding India’s strategic edge, and achieving national objectives in the current global context where technology, security, and economics are deeply interlinked.
Building Future-Ready Armed Forces
Shri Rajnath Singh lauded ongoing reforms, such as the appointment of the Chief of Defence Staff, as pivotal for achieving “integration of purpose” across the defence ecosystem. The post enabled centralized planning with decentralized execution, accelerating jointness during Operation Sindoor.
He called upon industry, start-ups, research institutes, and young innovators to partner with defence forces in developing next-generation solutions, securing India’s defence capabilities and ensuring strategic autonomy for the long term.
Conclusion
Operation Sindoor has set a new bar for joint military operations, efficient civil-military synergy, and indigenous technological innovation in Indian defence. It exemplifies India’s transition from being a major arms importer to an emerging global defence manufacturing hub, driven by cohesive national strategy and visionary reforms.
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Source: PIB
