Topic: Balakot
Geelani blames Pakistan but quitting Hurriyat has Modi govt written all over it
It is possible that Pakistan ISI will see the leadership vacuum in Hurriyat as an opportunity to take over the outfit and regroup terror modules. Delhi needs to be vigilant.
India-Pakistan Balakot tensions were never really a crisis ‘in substance’: Ex-US NSA Bolton
John Bolton’s memoir ‘The Room Where It Happened’, which releases Tuesday, recounts incidents of 26 February 2019, when President Trump was in Vietnam to meet Kim Jong-un.
Balakot, blackout and IAF: When Pakistanis couldn’t stop the rumours Imran Khan had fueled
Pakistan PM Imran Khan has been waiting for a false flag operation by India, now for over a year. In May, he twice mentioned the possibility of Indian attack.
Artillery strikes on Pakistan will only bring good PR. For impact, India needs more Balakots
India can flail around like a helpless giant, engaging in pointless artillery duels with Pakistan or increase penalty each time the neighbor crosses the line.
This is what IAF will do to ensure Balakot-style op isn’t questioned again
The IAF has rewritten firing protocols for air-to-surface Israeli missile Crystal Maze, which gives live feed of hitting the target.
If we had Rafales, we’d have shot down 4-5 Pakistani jets after Balakot: IAF ex-chief Dhanoa
Former IAF chief B.S. Dhanoa says India will hit back harder if Pakistan tries a Pulwama-like attack again.
Just 48 hours into 2020, and PM Modi has already obsessed over Pakistan twice
First day of 2020, Modi called on all neighbourhood countries except Pakistan. Then he told Karnataka about how Hindus and Dalits are being persecuted there.
Indian military isn’t politicised like China, Pakistan but the seeds have been sown in 2019
The Modi government and the Indian armed forces will have to introspect and arrest this trend rather than wait for another debacle.
This Pakistan Twitter General protects his people with tweets & only follows himself
Pakistanis can’t compare me with anyone else because there is no one else who does what I do on a daily basis.
Balakot, China ‘incursions’ prove OSINT images are new threat for democracies and military
Public perception drives actions of democratic governments. And, this depends on credibility of information, which is being challenged by OSINT handles.
Erdogan’s assault on Macron is the height of cynicism
There was a time when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t see the West as Turkey’s enemy and even wanted to join the European Union.
Turkey waging new war of economic liberation, says Erdogan after country’s currency falls
Erogan's speech follows the Turkish lira weakening to a record low of 8.3849 per dollar on Friday.
Defence
Here is why US changed Rajnath Singh’s statement on ‘reckless aggression’ by China
Both the US State and Defense departments have added footnotes to the transcripts they released on Rajnath Singh’s remarks at 2+2. The State Department has also updated the text.
5 reasons for the crisis in global Islam
If tens of crores of Muslims across the world feel they are victims of mass Islamophobia, their holy prophet shown deliberate disrespect, it is a sense of crisis and siege.