Pakistan’s fears have come true as India has retaliated in wake of the Pulwama terror attack. India has struck hard and deep. The Indian Air Force has carried out unprecedented air strikes deep into Pakistani territory. Terror camps of Jaish e Mohammed, Lashkar e Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen.
A group of 12 Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter bombers struck deep into the Pakistani territory. The French multirole, single engine fighter jets have thus proved their worth. These were inducted in the Indian Air Force in 1985 and have gone on to play a crucial role for India ever since. The French fighter jets had proved their lethal capabilities during the Kargil war as well.
The Indian Air Force had must have either jammed the Pakistani defence detection radar or taken counter detection measures and went across the LoC taking the terrorist nation by surprise. According to reports, AWACs were used to dodge Pakistani radars. Also, Indian jets flew low -altitude to avoid detection. This is evidenced by Pakistani Army Major General Ghafoor’s tweet. Though Pakistan is trying to claim that there was no damage on its side, the IAF fighter jets had reportedly dropped 1,000 kg bombs in Pakistan. The kind and extent of damage that would have been caused is absolutely unthinkable. It is clear that the terrorist nation must be shattered by these airstrikes.
The airstrikes were carried out in Balakote, Muzaffarabad and Chakothi in Pakistan. Balakot is 50 kilometres from the Line of Control (LoC). India has not just crossed the LoC, it has gone deep into the Pakistani territory and struck hard. What comes as a tight slap on the face of the terror camps is the fact that the fighter jets which struck right in the middle of Pakistani territory had taken off from Pathankot. Pakistani terrorists had once attacked the Pathankot air base. And now the kind of reply that they have got is absolutely brutal.
As per sources, 200-300 terrorists were killed in the ferocious airstrikes carried out by the IAF. This is even bigger than the surgical strikes which had been carried out after the Uri terror attack. India has struck like never before. This sends across a very strong message. Pakistan will have to think twice before even trying to send across terrorists into India. The IAF carried out such major destruction in a 21-minute airstrike. If Pakistan does not stop interfering in India’s internal affairs, then it can imagine what India can do if it goes all out against Pakistan. This is the rise of new India. It will not tolerate Pakistani terrorism. India will go deep inside and strike hard.