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AMRAM MISSILE RECOVERED IN RAJOURI MISSILE GIVEN TO PAKISTAN FOR GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR MISSILE USED BY PAKISTAN FOR GLOBAL WAR FOR TERROR CHINA CLAIMS PAKISTAN IN THE FOREFRONT OF ANTI TERROR OPERATIONS! MEDIA HYPE? NO HARD FACTS! The Western Media Hogwash There is a WhatsApp message floating around which contains the views of New York Times, Washington Post, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Jane’s Information Group and Gulf News on the recent Balakot Strike. I do not know if the contents are authentic. This analysis is based on the premise it is true. If not; this is countering ISPR propaganda with some hard truth for Indian consumption. The sum and essence of the float is that we struck a deserted camp, Mr Modi had to show some demonstrative results prior to elections, the strike missed the target etc. The international media has dissected it. They are not buying India’s strike story. Well Well! We are talking of the same international media which dissected, bou

Well begun is half done. One emotion which integrates all Pakistanis is hatred for India. Pakistani Army practices exhibition of rationality-irrationality. That is on display. The other half won’t be easy to sort out                                                                                                                                      Note : please read this with my other blogs on this issue to get a 360-degree view Rubicon Crossed India crossed a Rubicon when it carried out its intelligence led pre-emptive non-military air strikes across the LOC and in Pakistani territory on the terrorist training camp at Balakot. It has set a standard of resolve and intent in dealing with the sub conventional threat conventionally irrespective of damage caused and Pakistani perception management in this operation. In one go it has shed the image of being a weak state and transformed into a power to reckon with. By striking surgically at an isolated target and

TARGET THE PAKISTANI ARMY. THE IMBALANCING CENTRE OF GRAVITY MUST  BE DESTROYED Authority Without Responsibility The Pakistani Army is in pole position. Full authority. No responsibility. Carry on with proxy war against India. Provoke the Indian Army.   Wave the nuclear card at the slightest indication of a conventional Indian retaliation. Anyway the conventional window is narrow and really not cost effective. Mr Imran Khan sans authority is made to do his puppet act of war avoidance with hollow promises. Kashmir is kept in flames. It is an unassailable winning position. India’s talks with a puppet is useless. It can’t deal with the Deep State which has concealed itself behind a constitutional farce. In fact, the Pakistani Army brass post Pervez Musharraf have played it smart by not staging another coup to assume direct responsibility. They are fighting a proxy war from a proxy position.   At every turn in its history, the Pakistani Army has been seen by the people to be t

THIS IS A NARRATION OF A REAL LIFE HERO BY LT GEN SATISH DUA (RETD) WHO WAS HIS CORPS COMMANDER 'Sir I want to be with the boys' said a 24 year old officer, refusing to go home on sick leave when I met him at Base Hospital at Srinagar with a jaw broken by a stone pelting crowd, as he was returning with his team after a successful encounter with terrorists. Bemused, I looked at this young 24 yr old boy, who wanted to return to his 'boys' each of whom were trained Special Forces Soldiers, all older than him and more experienced. He was younger than my younger son, and impulsively I  broke protocol and ruffled his hair and said 'Happy Hunting Son.' Within a week, I saluted his mortal remains in a casket. I was overwhelmed. It was huge operation. The biggest hostage situation during my tenure as GOC Chinar Corps in Kashmir, where terrorists had occupied a six storeyed building in Pampore on the outskirts of Kashmir. These BRAVEHEARTS rescued over 60

The centers of gravity in this issue are  the Kashmiri people and the Pakistani army. Preserve the first and destroy the second Background The Pulwama bombing has happened when winds of global change are blowing - a shift from Globalization to Isolation, USA vacating Afghanistan, a bankrupt Pakistan seeking strategic space in Afghanistan, a cooling Chinese economy and a fast-growing India amidst a hyped-up General Election. While the Government action plan in response to the incident is unfolding, many opinions have been aired. In fact, many opinions and solutions on J&K have not worked for 70 years due to inconsistent policies, political flip-flops and piecemeal approaches. What we need is a “ Whole of the Nation Approach ” where our options are in consonance with the emerging environment. We need to take a step back, stabilize the situation, think coolly, take informed decisions and act deliberately for a long-lasting resolution of the problem. Without second