Surgical airstrike: Seven wonders India used to wound Pakistan

The Indian Air Force (IAF) jets crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and destroyed major terrorist camps in Balakot sector in a pre-dawn strike on Tuesday, sources said. The airstrike took place at 3.30 am, the sources said. Several Mirage 2000 aircraft dropped 1,000 kg bombs on terrorist camps across the LoC. Sources said terrorist launchpads in Balakot, Chakothi and Muzaffarabad were completely destroyed in the IAF air strikes, and that Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) control rooms were also destroyed.

Earlier, a spokesperson for the Pakistan Armed Forces claimed that the IAF violated the LoC, and that the Pakistan Air Force responded immediately, after which the Indian aircraft went back.

India’s airstrikes come days after Jaish, the Pakistan-based terrorist group, carried out a suicide bombing in Jammu and Kashmir, killing 40 CRPF soldiers.

These are the seven weapons that India used to strike Pakistan:

1. Mirage 2000 from Gwalior – multirole fighter jet built by dassault aviation, acquired in 1980s, predecessor to rafale

2. GBU-12 paveway laser-guided bomb – American-built precision guidance bomb kit

3. Matra magic close combat missile – french built missile for possible pak air force response during mission

4. Litening pod – laser designator and targeting pod to acquire targets and guide precision bomb

5. Netra airborne early warning jet from Bhatinda – command & control from the air, vectoring the fighters towards targets

6. Ilyushin-78m from agra – flight refuelling aircraft to refuel jets for longer endurance

7. Heron drone from secret airfield conducted real time surveillance along line of control

 indiatoday