[🇮🇳] No surprise Pakistan sounded for ceasefire’: Air war historian Tom Cooper says conflict 'clear-cut victory' for India

[Krishna with Flute]

Date of Event: May 12, 2025

Source : https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.moneycontrol.com/world/no-surprise-pakistan-sounded-for-ceasefire-air-war-historian-tom-cooper-says-conflict-clear-cut-victory-for-india-article-13021560.html/amp

No surprise Pakistan sounded for ceasefire’: Air war historian Tom Cooper says conflict 'clear-cut victory' for India​

The remarks come two days after India and Pakistan announced halting of military action from both sides, following the Indian DGMO being approached his Pakistani counterpart amid the intensifying conflict between the two nuclear-powered countries.​

Austrian military historian and combat aviation analyst Tom Cooper has termed India’s recent aerial offensive against Pakistan a “clear-cut victory,” stating that the lack of a Pakistani retaliatory capability and the targeting of strategic military sites—including nuclear weapons storage facilities—decisively tilted the outcome in India’s favour.​

Cooper, considered one of the most respected experts on air warfare globally, commented: “When one side is bombing nuclear weapons storage facilities of the other, and the other has no ability to retaliate left, then that's a clear-cut victory in my books. No surprise Islamabad 'sounded' for a ceasefire.”

The remarks come two days after India and Pakistan announced halting of military action from both sides, following the Indian DGMO being approached his Pakistani counterpart amid the intensifying conflict between the two nuclear-powered countries.

While Pakistani has been claiming the ceasefire as its victory, US President Donald Trump has been quick to credit for the same. However, Cooper’s assessment presents a contrasting picture of the military engagement that preceded the truce.

While Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has hailed the ceasefire as a diplomatic and military success, attributing it to national unity and armed forces’ valour, Cooper’s remarks provide an alternative view, suggesting that the ceasefire was prompted by a military disadvantage rather than strategic parity.

Tom Cooper has authored several authoritative books and analyses on aerial warfare in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. His opinions are widely followed by military observers and policymakers.

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In the context of South Asia’s complex military dynamics, Cooper’s analysis may influence global perception of the recent conflict, particularly as India positions itself as a capable and measured military power in the region.

The Indian Armed Forces, in their press briefings, have shown several visual evidences of its strikes causing massive damage to the terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK, and then to several air bases of Pakistan in retaliatory actions.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

Pakistan bluffed about nuclear retaliation, India bombed it's nuclear storage site in response. Cooper says that when one side bombs the nuclear installation of other side and other side can not retaliate, it is a clear victory of first side. Pakistan wants hide it's humiliation by bluff and Chinese propaganda machine but the net result is that in 3 hours of time, Pakistan lost its air defence, lost half a dozen of air base, command center and communication network. Frustrated Pakistan called nuclear group meeting. India hit two of the nuclear sites of Pakistan. Had war lasted for couple of more days, Pakistan would have lost many more air assets. They wisely called DGMO India in mid night and begged for ceasefire.

 

[Lulldapull]

Pakistan bluffed about nuclear retaliation, India bombed it's nuclear storage site in response. Cooper says that when one side bombs the nuclear installation of other side and other side can not retaliate, it is a clear victory of first side. Pakistan wants hide it's humiliation by bluff and Chinese propaganda machine but the net result is that in 3 hours of time, Pakistan lost its air defence, lost half a dozen of air base, command center and communication network. Frustrated Pakistan called nuclear group meeting. India hit two of the nuclear sites of Pakistan. Had war lasted for couple of more days, Pakistan would have lost many more air assets. They wisely called DGMO India in mid night and begged for ceasefire.

I believe this narrative.

The biggest damage to Pakistan has been the poor performance of its AD or more like the complete lack thereof.

Those Scalp, Hammer, Rocks and Brahmos strikes have been decisive.

It just seems our AD got overwhelmed.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

I believe this narrative.

The biggest damage to Pakistan has been the poor performance of its AD or more like the complete lack thereof.

Those Scalp, Hammer, Rocks and Brahmos strikes have been decisive.

It just seems our AD got overwhelmed.

Do not worry. Like Pakistan has declared 1965, 1971 and 1999 war as victory of Pakistan, Shahbaz Sharif has declared this conflict as the victory of Pakistan and has praise Asif Munir for giving befitting reply to India. Few propaganda paid articles will be pushed in some media and this humiliating shameful retreat shall be projected as the victory of Pakistan with the help of cheap 50 cent troll like @Jiangnan. Loser China and Pakistan has mastered this art for years.

Has Munir come out of bunker or he is still hiding.

 

[Jiangnan]

Do not worry. Like Pakistan has declared 1965, 1971 and 1999 war as victory of Pakistan, Shahbaz Sharif has declared this conflict as the victory of Pakistan and has praise Asif Munir for giving befitting reply to India. Few propaganda paid articles will be pushed in some media and this humiliating shameful retreat shall be projected as the victory of Pakistan with the help of cheap 50 cent troll like @Jiangnan. Loser China and Pakistan has mastered this art for years.

Has Munir come out of bunker or he is still hiding.

Where did you get the courage to label me?

Does your bunch of nonsense make any sense?

 

[Jiangnan]

I believe this narrative.

The biggest damage to Pakistan has been the poor performance of its AD or more like the complete lack thereof.

Those Scalp, Hammer, Rocks and Brahmos strikes have been decisive.

It just seems our AD got overwhelmed.

Congratulations on believing in Indians. But the French and Russians did not believe in the Indians. Even Indians don't believe in Indians.

 

[Jiangnan]

Believe in Indians.

 

[Jiangnan]

Believe in Indians

 

[Jiangnan]

Believe in Indians

The Indian Air Force can win.

How much courage do Indians need to believe in themselves.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

Atleast 1 J10, 5 JF17 and 2 Pakistani F16 aircrafts were confirmed kill. In total, 9 terrorist camps hit, 9 airbase destroyed completely. Runway become useless. Air defence at all the location was destroyed. Chinese AD system was seating duck. No Brahmos needed to shoot down AD system. Few Kamakazi drones did the job.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

Confirmed 19 , J10 have crashed in accident till 2022. Source provide earlier. Add one shot down few days back.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

Chinese weapons performed worse than 4 decades soviet era weapons. Chinese AD system performed with 0 % accuracy without a single kill and being the victim of low cost drone.One J10 shot down. Missile fired from J 10 landed on Rajasthan soil for the facilitation of DRDO scientist to analyze the data. One to three AWA&C was shot down.

Out of all systems, the performance of HQ 9 and HQ16 remained best (For India with 0 kill rate).