#Balakot strike

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Surgical strike in PoK: What really happened at the Indo-Pakistan border

Vicky Nanjappa There have been reports that the Indian Army conducted surgical strikes in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) This report comes amidst reports that Pakistan has been making several efforts to carry out infiltration bids into India in a bid to disturb peace in Jammu and Kashmir. A report published in a Hindi newspaper said that the Indian Army had carried out a surgical strike in…

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When PM Modi Declined Imran Khan's Midnight Call After Balakot Strikes

In the aftermath of India’s Balakot strikes, several countries offered to send special envoys and China too suggested that it could send its deputy minister to both countries to seek de-escalation but New Delhi declined the offer, says former diplomat Ajay Bisaria.

In his upcoming book, Mr Bisaria, who was serving as Indian High Commissioner to Islamabad in that period, also writes that India was willing to send an aircraft of the Indian Air Force to Pakistan to bring back Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, but the Pakistani government refused permission.

Varthaman (now Group Captain) downed a Pakistani jet on February 27, 2019, before his MiG 21 Bison jet was hit in a dogfight.

Pakistan had launched the retaliation for the Balakot airstrikes a day before. Varthaman was captured by the Pakistani Army and was released two days later.

“We were willing to send an Indian Air Force aircraft to pick him up but Pakistan refused permission; the optics of an Indian Air Force plane landing in Islamabad after all that had happened over the previous three days, was, of course, not acceptable to Pakistan,” Mr Bisaria writes.

In his book, ‘Anger Management: The Troubled Diplomatic Relationship Between India and Pakistan’, he also says several countries had offered to send special envoys over to the subcontinent but this was no longer necessary.

“Even China, not to be left behind, had suggested that it could send its deputy minister to both countries to seek de-escalation. India had politely declined the offer,” he says.

In the book published by Rupa, Mr Bisaria, who had a distinguished diplomatic career spanning 35 years, delves into various aspects of India-Pakistan relations since Independence.

The ties between India and Pakistan came under severe strain after India’s warplanes pounded a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camp in Balakot in Pakistan on February 26, 2019, in response to the Pulwama terror attack.

Mr Bisaria says that the day after India’s air strikes at Balakot, the ambassadors of the US, UK, and France were informed during a briefing by the then Pakistan foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua about a message she received from the Pakistan Army.

The message said that “nine missiles from India had been pointed towards Pakistan, to be launched any time that day”.

“The foreign secretary requested the envoys to report this intelligence to their capitals and ask India not to escalate the situation. The diplomats promptly reported these developments, leading to a flurry of diplomatic activity in Islamabad, P5 capitals, and in New Delhi that night,” Mr Bisaria writes.

The permanent members of the UN Security Council, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, China and France are known as P5 nations.

“One of them recommended to her that Pakistan should convey its concerns directly to India,” says Mr Bisaria.

Mr Bisaria also writes that then Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wanted to talk to his Indian counterpart.

“At around midnight I got a call in Delhi from Pakistani High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood, now in Islamabad, who said that PM Imran Khan was keen to talk to Prime Minister Modi,” he says.

“I checked upstairs and responded that our prime minister was not available at this hour but in case Imran Khan had any urgent message to convey he could, of course, convey it to me. I got no call back that night,” he recounts.

“The US and UK envoys in Delhi got back overnight to India’s foreign secretary to claim that Pakistan was now ready to de-escalate the situation, to act on India’s dossier, and to seriously address the issue of terrorism,” he says.

Mr Bisaria says “Pakistan’s PM would himself make these announcements and the pilot would be returned to India the next day.

He says India’s “coercive diplomacy” had been effective, its expectations of Pakistan and of the world had been clear, backed by a credible resolve to escalate the crisis.

“Prime Minister Modi would later say in a campaign speech that, ‘Fortunately, Pakistan announced that the pilot would be sent back to India. Else, it would have been qatal ki raat, a night of bloodshed’”.

On overall regional geopolitics, Mr Bisaria writes that Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan conveyed to China that it should support Islamabad since the United States decided to back India against China, but Chinese President Xi Jinping “declared that China would not be propping up Pakistan against India”.

“I also learnt that Khan had told the Chinese that they should support Pakistan since the US had decided to support India against China. President Xi Jinping apparently responded sharply to Imran Khan for this simplistic geopolitical assessment and declared that China would not be propping up Pakistan against India,” he says.

“He had advised Khan that it was the US that could help Pakistan in its India relationship and it would be in Pakistan’s interest to make up with the US as well as with Afghanistan,” Mr Bisaria writes.

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Aerospace Power: Pivot to future battlespace operations

By Air Chief Marshal V. R. Chaudhari The foremost lesson that can be drawn from the twentieth century and indeed the early twenty-first century is that no war can be successfully prosecuted without aerospace power and in the words of Field Marshal Montgomery, ‘If we lose the war in the air, we lose the war and lose it quickly’. There are a few very pertinent words, which need a bit more study.…

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A pair of #Indian AF Mirage 2000s going vertical. Locally called "Vijra," the type played a critical role during the 1999 Kargil War and more recently during the 2019 Balakot strikes. It remains IAF's leading strike/interdiction aircraft. #avgeeks #aviation #aviationdaily

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Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond review: The Ranneeti: Balakot and Beyond Web Series will be available for streaming on JioCinema starting from April 25th.

We will read about, "Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond review: The Ranneeti: Balakot and Beyond Web Series will be available for streaming on JioCinema starting from April 25th." Since its announcement, fans have been eagerly awaiting the highly anticipated online series Ranneeti: Balakot and Beyond. There is a lot of craze, discussion and excitement among the fans about the web series.  

Ranneeti: Balakot and Beyond Web Series review

Ranneeti: Balakot and Beyond Web Series is based on a real incident. While a movie has previously been produced on the Balakot airstrike, Ranneeti: Balakot and Beyond Web Series delves deeper into the subject matter. In addition to showcasing patriotism, the series also highlights dedication,  courage, enlightening, and emotionally impactful. India conducted Balakot air strike in retaliation after the terrorist attack on India in Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond series. In the show, Jimmy Shergill—a.k.a. Kashyap Sinha, a former RAW agent—plans his counterattack against Pulwama and encounters numerous difficulties. In the Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond web series Point to point, nothing senseless and every little aspect has been considered. Jimmy Shergill will play a crucial role in the series, and his character has been outlined in length. Ashish Vidyarthi, aka Mr. Madhusudan Dutta, portrays the energetic part of NSA, while Lara Dutta (Manisha Bharadwaj) plays a news presenter. The Ranneeti: Balakot and Beyond Web Series also features Ashutosh Rana and Satyajit Dubey. The film features amazing performances from all of the stars, as well as excellent photography, action, suspense, and drama. Prior to the emergence of web series, films such as "Operation Valentine" and "Fighter" existed, but it is in the realm of web series where significant efforts have been made. The Pulwama attack has also been referenced in relation to Article 370 within the strategic series. The Ranneeti: Balakot and Beyond Web Series has sparked immense excitement, fervent discussions, and a great deal of enthusiasm among its fans. Taran Adarsh ​​reviewed it and wrote, " #RanneetiOnJioCinema is storytelling at its best, weaving together the complexities of geopolitics and human drama seamlessly. From the intense war room sequences to the personal sacrifices made by the characters, every moment in #Ranneeti is filled with tension and emotion… The visual effects in this web series are top notch. #JimmySheirgill’s portrayal is nothing short of captivating, grounding the series with his natural talent… A must-watch for anyone craving intelligent, gripping entertainment." Image credit: Jiocinema (Youtube) About Ranneeti: Balakot and Beyond Web Series The series is directed by Santosh Singh and written by Ramiz Ilham Khan, Maitrey Bajpai, Sanjay Chopra, Sudeep Nigam, Aniruddha Guha. The web series is produced by Sunjoy Waddhwa, Comall Sunjoy W, Sunnjana S under the banner Sphereorigins Multivision. The web series cast includes Jimmy Shergill, Lara Dutta, Prasanna Venkatesan, Ashutosh Rana, Ashish Vidyarthi, Akanksha Singh, Satyajeet Dubey, Elnaaz Norouzi and many others. Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond series will be streaming on JioCinema on April 25.   Read More - The new look of Pratik Gandhi and Patralekhaa starrer Phule has been released. - The film Luv You Shankar, starring Shreyas Tanisha Mukherjee, has officially released. - The ultimate guide to Tillu Square: A must-watch film for romantic crime comedy fanatics - Prepare yourself for a comedy extravaganza! "Inga Naan Than Kingu" is set to premiere in cinemas on May 10th. - Aranmanai 4 Trailer: Sundar C's Aranmanai 4 releases in cinemas globally in April - Do Aur Do Pyaar Movie Review: Do Aur Do Pyaar is a delightful romantic comedy that explores the complexities of love and marriage. - Kasoombo Hindi Trailer out now - Dukaan movie review: The concept is intriguing but fails to achieve its maximum potential. - Pawan Kalyan met Chiranjeevi during the filming of Vishwambhara Read the full article

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Almost the First Nuclear War: Revelation 8 https://andrewtheprophetcom.wordpress.com/2024/03/22/almost-the-first-nuclear-war-revelation-8/

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Yogi inaugurates Adani Group's mega defence factory in Kanpur

Adani Group’s missile-ammunition factory Kanpur: The Adani Group, a prominent infrastructure conglomerate in India, Monday inaugurated a state-of-the-art integrated missile and ammunition manufacturing complex in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The opening of this facility coincided with the fifth anniversary of the Balakot air strike, a significant event when the Indian Air Force targeted…

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India’s Adani Group opens new ammunition and missile factory in Kanpur

India’s Adani Group opens new ammunition and missile factory in Kanpur #India #defence #defense #Adani #AdaniGroup #missile #ammunition #army #navy #airforce #military

Adani Group’s missile-ammunition factory Kanpur: The Adani Group, a prominent infrastructure conglomerate in India, Monday inaugurated a state-of-the-art integrated missile and ammunition manufacturing complex in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The opening of this facility coincided with the fifth anniversary of the Balakot air strike, a significant event when the Indian Air Force targeted…

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FIGHTER REVIEW- HRITHIK ROSHAN AND DEEPIKA PADUKONE

Star Cast

 Hrithik Roshan            

Deepika Padukone

Anil Kapoor

Karan Singh Grover

Akshaya Oberoi

Talat Aziz

Karan Singh Grover

Akshaya Oberoi

 Amir Naik

Fighter is a 2024 movie from revolve directed by Siddharth Raj Anand. The movie is released on 25 January 2023 and duration of the movie is 2 Hours and 45 Minutes the story  revolve around  Shamsher Pathania who become the member of Indian Air Force. As he faces rigorous challenges and how Petty rises above all his limitations this is the movie and all above that the Centre point of the storyline is Pulwama attack and Balakot air strike

Highlights

There are many reasons that made Fighter a must watch

As everyone know Fighter has been promoted as the first Aerial action movie in India means a large part of action scenes are shot in air that provide a unique experience to Indian audience 

As the movie is directed by Siddharth Raj Anand and like every his other movie the movie on large canvas every scene and frame is a beauty to watch

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Lt. Gen KJS. Dhillon ने Pulwama attack, Balakot air strike, Terrorism in...

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Pakistan was all set to have a nuclear attack on India, claims Pompeo in his book

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently claimed that he talked to his then-Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj who told her that Pakistan is ready to have a nuclear attack on India in the wake of the Balakot surgical strike in February 2019. He says he was awakened by the news as Sushma told her that India is preparing its response.

 ‘Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love’, the recent book of Pompeo hit the stores on Tuesday in which he mentioned the incident. He has mentioned that this all happened when he was in Hanoi for the US-North Korea Summit on February 27-28 and he and his team has to work with both India and Pakistan to ensure that nothing of such nature should happen.

“I do not think the world properly knows just how close the India-Pakistan rivalry came to spilling over into a nuclear conflagration in February 2019. The truth is, I don’t know precisely the answer either; I just know it was too close,” Pompeo writes.

The incident mentioned is when Indian planes entered Pakistan’s territory and destroyed a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camp in Balakot in February 2019. This was an answer to the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF jawans.

“I’ll never forget the night I was in Hanoi, Vietnam when – as if negotiating with the North Koreans on nuclear weapons wasn’t enough – India and Pakistan started threatening each other in connection with a decades-long dispute over the northern border region of Kashmir,” Pompeo says.

“After an Islamist terrorist attack in Kashmir- probably enabled in part by Pakistan’s lax counterterror policies – killed forty Indians, India responded with an air strike against terrorists inside Pakistan. The Pakistanis shot down a plane in a subsequent dogfight and kept the Indian pilot prisoner,” he said.

“In Hanoi, I was awakened to speak with my Indian counterpart. He believed the Pakistanis had begun to prepare their nuclear weapons for a strike. India, he informed me, was contemplating its own escalation. I asked him to do nothing and give us a minute to sort things out (sic),” Pompeo writes in his book while wrongly referring to Sushma as he.

“As one might expect, he believed the Indians were preparing their nuclear weapons for deployment. It took us a few hours – and remarkably good work by our teams on the ground in New Delhi and Islamabad – to convince each side that the other was not preparing for nuclear war,” he further writes.

The Ministry of External Affairs hasn’t commented on this as of now.

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Mike Pompeo claims in his new book

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asserted that he was roused to speak with his then-Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj, who informed him that Pakistan was making preparations for a nuclear attack in the aftermath of the Balakot surgical strike in February 2019, and that India was making preparations for an appropriate response. Pompeo writes in his new book, ‘Never Give an Inch: Fighting…

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Rahul rebuffs Digvijaya’s surgical strike remarks; BJP slams Congress leader | India News

JAMMU: Congress’s Rahul Gandhi Tuesday joined his party in distancing himself from veteran Digvijaya Singh‘s “ridiculous” remarks questioning the 2019 surgical strike on terrorist camps in Pakistan’s Balakot, saying the country’s armed forces “do their job exceptionally well and needn’t provide any proof of that”.Appearing to buckle under the barrage of criticism coming his way from within the…

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Former Retd Army General Warns Pakistan that It Will Suffer More if It Attacks India

New Delhi: Former Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane has said that the air strike by Indian Air Force targeting Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) advance training camp in Pakistan’s Balakot in 2019 was a clear message that if anyone tries to harm India, then they will suffer more.

When asked about the situation when you are dealing with a country that is a rogue nation and has nuclear weapons, General Naravane said in ‘Podcast with Smita Prakash’, “We hit them and they did come back the next day. We lost one aircraft and Commander Abhinandan was also caught down. It’s not that our action did not provoke a reaction”.

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Almost the First Nuclear War: Revelation 8

Did India, Pakistan Come Close to Nuclear War After Balakot Strike? Ex-US Diplomat Pompeo Reveals Inside Story India and Pakistan were on the brink of a catastrophic nuclear war in February 2019 when Indian Air Force warplanes struck terrorist camps in Balakot, according to former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Speaking at the CNN-News18‘s Rising Bharat Summit in New Delhi, Pompeo on…

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India and Israel brothers bounded by love

Subhajit Makhal: India and Israel ,two countries separated by physical distances but united by certain common factors. India boasts itself as the foundation of Dharmic faiths like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. While Israel boasts itself as the foundation of two prominent Abrahamic faiths like Christianity and Judaism. After Israel being recognized as a nation , India established diplomatic relations with Israel in the year 1992 because India was leading a Non-aligned Movement. So it was natural India won't support any nations during Cold War. India indeed kept closer relation with Soviet Union while Israel was an ally of the USA and NATO. Israel helped India a lot in fighting it's own wars. Such during Kargil War Israel provided intelligence to India. India was also aided by Israel during Bhuj earthquake. India and Israel both share Trade and Cooperation and also defence and security deals. Our country India is a vast country. We need to keep vigilance and be prepared among the three sectors- Land, Air and Seas. Therefore Indian Armed Forces train and maintains Highly trained specialization commando units to conduct operations behind enemy lines, anti-hijacking, surgical strikes and hostage rescue. Let us have a look at the Israeli weapons used by the Indian Armed Forces:-

Indian Special Forces conducting operations with Israeli Tavor-21 rifles. 1) Tavor 21 Assault Rifle :- An assault rifle developed by Israel Weapons Industries (IWI). This assault rifle is also known as TAR -21, it is a selective Fire System Rifle. This gun is chambered for NATO 5.56*45 mm Ammunitions. This weapon is designed in such a way to enhance reliability and durability as well as operate in extreme desert conditions. Tavor 21 rifle requires very low maintenance like the famous AK-47' s. Tavor 21 rifles has long-stroke pistons system same as AK-47 which makes it very efficient. This is the reason why even after firing 1000 rounds Tavor 21 does not require maintenance. India purchased Tavor 21 rifles for its special forces unit to conduct operations in Kashmir valleys and also insurgent prone areas. Tavor 21 is currently used by Indian special forces units like Army Para Commandoes, Navy's Marcos Commandoes even Air Force Garud Commando Unit, Special Frontier Force and some CRPF's special units.

A soldier using a Spike MR missile during a training drill. 2) Spike MR Missile - An Israeli missile system used by India during 2019 Balakot strike. It is a medium-range anti tank guided missile. In April 2019, India also placed am emergency purchase order of Spike missiles from Israel in which 240 missiles and 12 missile launchers were listed. Spike MR missile is an Israeli fire and force anti-tank guided missile and anti-personnel missile with a tandem charge heat warhead. This missile has the capacity to penetrate one meter of metal armour. Spike MR missiles can be fired from vehicles, helicopters ships and ground launchers. As per December 2020 India also procured 4th generation Spike long-range missiles.

IMI Galil Sniper 3) IMI Galil Sniper Rifle - IMI Galil Sniper a semi-automatic sniper rifle designed strictly according to NATO standards. It's target remains inflallible for 1000 meters which is about 1 kilometers. Galil sniper rifles is one of those Israeli weapons being manufactured in India.

A joint Indo-Israeli product BARAK-8 surface to air missiles. 4) BARAK-8- BARAK-8 is an Indo-Israeli jointly developed by surface-to-air missile system. This missile system is developed by Israel's Israel Aerospace Industries and India's Defence Research Development Organization. BARAK-8 can be easily developed on warships. It can also detect high altitude target ranging from interception to supersonic sea-skimming anti-ship missiles. BARAK-8 can destroy a target in the operational range of 70 km with a speed of Mach 2 . There are claims that a single BARAK-8 missile can stop a BRAHMOS missile as close as 500 m from a ship. BARAK-8 missile system is either to be inducted or already inducted among Indian Army, Navy and Air-Force.

A soldier with B-300 Shipon 5) B-300 Siphon - B-300 Siphon is anti-tank rocket launcher . Israeli Defence Forces has been using this since 1980's.All units of Israeli Army like Paratroopers, Marines and Special Forces. Indian Special Forces had used Israeli B-300 Siphon during surgical strikes. During Yom Kippur war Israeli soldiers were not comfortable using M-20 super Bazooka rocket launchers against medium tanks. Hence Israel invented B-300. It weighs 8 kg, can penetrate an armour of 800 mm, can easily be carried on hand and range of impact is upto 400 meters.

Indian Airforce pilots in front of a Phalcon AWACS. 6) Phalcon AWACS - Phalcon AWACS is an Israeli Airborne Early Warning and Control System aircraft purchased by India in 2004. Developed by Osri Aerospace Industries. India is buying two more updated versions of Phalcon AWACS. Millitary experts often regards Phalcon AWACS as as "An eye in the sky". The Phalcon AWACS are very helpful and powerful as it can detect and track fighter aircrafts, cruise missiles, and drones much before ground based missiles can even track. India has also purchased several Searcher Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for surveillance due to conflict with China and Pakistan. Read the full article