Operation Sindoor: New Book Claims India Dominated 2025 Conflict with Pakistan

• Military aviation historian Tom Cooper's new book, '88-Hours War: India-Pakistan War of May 2025', claims India gained a decisive upper hand in a four-day conflict with Pakistan in May 2025.
• The conflict, co-authored by Ravi Rikhye, Sanjay Badri-Maharaj, and Mangesh Sawant, followed a terrorist attack near Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22, 2025, which killed 26 civilians.
• Cooper alleges India responded to a Pakistan-backed attack, confronting Islamabad's nuclear signaling, and swiftly retaliated after Pakistan authorized ballistic missile strikes on 26 Indian targets.
• The book claims Indian missile strikes damaged Pakistani command infrastructure, shut down Pakistan Air Force bases, hit hangars, and allegedly targeted underground nuclear storage facilities.
• A report by the Switzerland-based Centre for Military History and Perspective Studies (CHPM) supports India's air superiority, stating the Indian Air Force degraded enemy air defenses and conducted spectacular strikes, coercing Islamabad into a ceasefire.