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2 years of Balakot Airstrike – The planning, execution and sequence of events you should know
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2 years of Balakot Airstrike – The planning, execution and sequence of events you should know

On this day in 2019, the Indian Air Force fighter jets carried out cross-border airstrikes to pulverise the Jaish-e-Muhammad training camp situated deep inside Pakistan, in Balakot. The attack, first of its kind on Pakistani soil, was authorised in response to the Pulwama attack by the terrorists of Jaish-e-Muhammad on February 14, 2019, which claimed 40 CRPF personnel’s lives. Air Marshal (retd) C Hari Kumar, who headed the IAF's Western Command during the operation provided the details of the planning and execution of the airstrike to ANI last year. Some of the excerpts are below: Planning to the hilt On 15th February, 2019 the Prime Minister had called for a CCS meeting to take stock of the event and see what should be done. On 15th itself the Chief of Air Staff was briefe...