Operation Sindoor: How 19 BrahMos and Crystal Maze Missiles Crippled Pakistan’s Defenses

Operation Sindoor: One month after the high-intensity Operation Sindoor, fresh details have emerged highlighting India’s overwhelming military response to Pakistani aggression. The Indian Air Force (IAF), supported by S-400 air defence systems, Rafale jets, and missile batteries, downed six Pakistani aircraft—including four Chinese-made fighter jets and two large transport and surveillance planes during the four-day conflict.

According to sources familiar with classified reports and damage assessments, the IAF targeted and struck 11 Pakistani airbases, including key installations at Sargodha, Rafiqui, Jacobabad, and Nur Khan (Chaklala), inflicting significant damage. Evidence suggests two F-16s were also partially damaged.

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According to people familiar with the matter - and based on action taken reports and damage assessments undertaken by the three services - there is digital evidence to conclude that the Indian Air Force (IAF) fighters, surface-to-air missile batteries, and S-400 air defence system downed four Pakistani Chinese-made fighter jets and two large aircraft (possibly one C-130J and one SAAB 2000 airborne early warning system) during Operation Sindoor.

There are also indications, the sources added, that two F-16 fighter aircraft may have been partly damaged during the IAF’s missile assault on 11 airbases, including those at Sargodha, Rafiqui, Jacobabad, and Nur Khan (Chaklala, Rawalpindi). The reports indicate that India’s Rafale fighters, S-400 missile systems, and M777 howitzers acquitted themselves well during the four-day conflict, with the Russian air defence system taking down three enemy aircraft.

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They also show that India destroyed one Chinese LY-80 fire radar, two AN/TPQ-43 US-made automatic tracking radars, and one fire unit of the Chinese HQ-9 radar at Chaklala during the retaliatory strike on May 10. Intelligence inputs now suggest that Pakistan has four HQ-9 (the Chinese equivalent of the Russian S-300 air defence radar systems), instead of the two originally estimated by national security planners.

The report also said that digital trails indicate Pakistan used Turkey’s YIHA loitering munitions to target Indian airbases. However, most of these were either jammed or completely missed their targets.

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