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(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Balakot Airstrike - Lessons Learnt

Topic: Balakot Airstrike - Lessons Learnt

Guest:

Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retd.) (Defence Expert)
Jayadeva Ranade, (Former Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat)
Maj. Gen. Dhruv C Katoch (Retd.), (Director India Foundation)

Topic Description:

February 26th marks the first anniversary of the Balakot airstrike which was conducted by the Indian Air Force to target the terrorist camps operating in the town of Balakot in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. On February 26, 2019, in the wee hours, India carried out airstrikes 12 days after a convoy of vehicles carrying CRPF personnel was attacked by a suicide bomber - plotted by Jaish-e-Mohammed in Pulwama district of Jammu. On 14 February last year, 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in the attack. In retaliation, Indian Air Force destroyed the biggest terror training camp of JeM at Balakot on February 26, 2019. A dozen IAF Mirage 2000 fighter jets crossed the India-Pakistan border to attack terror camp. According to media reports, the terrorist camps at Balakot have undergone a revamp ahead of the first anniversary of the IAF bombings.