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TopicBalakot air strikes

Topic: Balakot air strikes

IAF’s Balakot strike was codenamed Operation Bandar, Army’s operation was named Zafran

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Operation Bandar involved about 5,000 personnel, and culminated in 12 Mirage-2000 aircraft crossing the Line of Control and striking Balakot.

Suspended OSINT handles back on Twitter, trash claims they exposed IAF during Balakot

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Justin Peden, a US-based student who runs @IntelCrab, said the way Twitter suspended the OSINT handles gave rise to suspicion about the use of a bot network.

Pakistan says it’s waiting for India’s official word to open up its airspace

M Zulqernain -
A govt official in Lahore said that Pakistan will follow suit once the Indian govt lifts the air restriction on Pakistan's flights.

Give me a report on India’s security challenges, Rajnath to Army, Navy, Air Force chiefs

PTI -
New Defence Minister Rajnath Singh urged the three services chiefs to give their best and work towards achieving the 'targets'.

Indian Army commanders left Brigade HQ ‘minutes before’ PAF bomb fell in compound 27 Feb

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Pakistan has claimed bomb was dropped near Brigade HQ in Rajouri to show its capability. India believes PAF actually planned to hit the facility.

Pakistan to keep airspace ban on Indian flights till May 30

PTI -
An official said Pakistan government will consider lifting the ban for Indian flights after the outcome of the Lok Sabha polls.

Modi’s Balakot ‘cloud cover’ theory fails our accuracy test 100%

Sandhya Ramesh -
Radar, particularly of the kind used by the military and air traffic controllers, is designed to penetrate clouds and detect solid objects.

Pakistan will decide on 15 May to reopen airspace for Indian flights

M Zulqernain -
Pakistan's science and technology minister however sees no change in status-quo till elections are over in India.

Russia ‘won’t sell war equipment to Pakistan’, ties limited to fighting terror

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Intelligence reports have suggested that Islamabad is looking at building deeper military ties with Moscow, especially through the purchase of Russian systems.

Why Modi is invoking Rajiv Gandhi and not Balakot in Punjab this election

Chitleen K Sethi -
BJP believes that neither Modi’s magic nor its anti-Pakistan rhetoric is likely to resonate with voters in the border state of Punjab.
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