India punished Pakistan by Operation Sindoor, but US and China were also defeated due to.....
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How Operation Sindoor impacted US and China: India conducted Operation Sindoor attacking Pakistan and PoK, killing more than a hundred terrorists across nine terror camps. Although India's Operation Sindoor was only aimed at neutralising terror camps of Pakistan and exposing its terror-funding ideology, a much-bigger harm was done to Xi Jinping's China and Donald Trump's US, caused by their diplomatic failures during the recent India-Pakistan tensions.
As a result of India's Operation Sindoor, the credibility that America enjoyed in India was massively damaged due to perceived neutrality or indirect support for Pakistan. In addition to this, the success of Indian defence products like the Akash Missile Defence systems have brought a lot of panic and chaos across the US defence manufacturers like Lockheed Martin and Boing. How Operation Sindoor exposed US!
Most importantly, the claim that US, led by Donald Trump had made India is a good friend, were overshadowed as India got no diplomatic support from US after it attacked terror locations in Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam terror attack that killed twenty-six people.
Talking of China, the defence industry of China has seen huge embarrassment after the Chinese supplied air defence systems significantly failed to protect Pakistan in the recent India-Pakistan tensions. PM Modi on 'Operation Sindoor'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently said 'Operation Sindoor' was far from over and warned that India would continue to exact a heavy price on those who sponsor terrorism, asserting that Pakistan has already been hit 'three times inside its home.'
While addressing his first rally in West Bengal since the launch of 'Operation Sindoor' earlier this month, the PM invoked the region's deep cultural and emotional connection with 'sindoor', referring to the traditional ritual of 'Sindoor Khela' observed by Bengali women during Durga Puja.
'Now that I am standing on the sacred land of 'Sindoor Khela', it is only right that we speak about a new resolve against terrorism 'Operation Sindoor',' Modi said to loud cheers.
(With inputs from agencies)
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