Mains Focus AUTONOMOUS WARFARE IN OPERATION SINDOOR "The four-day Operation Sindoor (7 – 10 May 2025)—the first India-Pakistan engagement in which unmanned aerial systems (UAS), rather than piloted combat aircraft, executed the main kinetic tasks. Both exchanged swarms of armed drones, loitering munitions, and electronic decoys under a carefully managed “below-threshold” escalation ladder, redefining the grammar of deterrence in South Asia. The drones are viewed as a cost-effective coercive instrument that avoids the political risk of pilot losses." https://blog.lukmaanias.com/2025/05/31/autonomous-warfare-in-operation-sindoor/ ..