India’s S-400 air defence systems played a decisive role in Operation Sindoor, preventing Pakistani fighter aircraft from approaching within roughly 200 km of the Indian border and forcing Islamabad to deploy extensive intelligence-gathering efforts to locate the missile systems, retired Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra told ANI in an interview.
Mishra, who headed the Western Air Command during the May 2025 military confrontation, said Pakistan tried hard to identify the positions of India’s S-400 batteries. He said Islamabad used multiple intelligence channels, including satellite-based assistance and espionage networks inside India.
