Operation Sindoor exposed limits of Pakistan's nuclear deterrence: Report

Pakistan’s nuclear weapons ‘did not deter’ India strikes in 2025: US reportPakistan’s experience during its military confrontation with India in May 2025 has exposed the limitations of nuclear deterrence, with the country increasingly shifting its focus towards conventional military power, according to a report by the US-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.The military confrontation between the two nuclear-armed neighbours came after India launched Operation Sindoor, a strong retaliatory counterterror action following the Pakistan-backed terrorist attack in South Kashmir’s Pahalgam.The report unveiled that Pakistan’s strategic establishment appears to have confronted a "difficult reality" following the conflict: nuclear weapons “have limits”. They did not prevent the crisis from unfold