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TopicBalakot

Topic: Balakot

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.

Pakistan has activated 20 terror camps, 20 launch pads along LoC: Officials

Officials said around 50 terrorists were present at each of the launch pads, and infiltration attempts were on to push as many across the border before winter begins.

IAF chief admits Mi17 crash was a ‘big mistake’, two officers face court martial

An Mi-17 aircraft in Kashmir's Budgam was shot down in friendly fire on the morning of 27 February when Indian and Pakistani air forces were engaged in a dogfight in Balakot.

Time to run IAF in a sleek, corporate way. It’s the Force that counted in Kargil, Balakot

We expect an Air Force officer to land on the moon in a few years. They are trained to touch the sky.

India was careful at Balakot, Rajnath Singh warns Pakistan again

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reiterated his warning from earlier this week, telling Pakistan not to repeat its mistake from 1971.

Pakistan rejects Army chief’s ‘baseless’ claims on Balakot terror camps

Pakistan said Indian Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat claiming the terror camps had been reactivated was a desperate attempt to divert attention from Kashmir.

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