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BALAKOT: MORE DETAILS REVEALED
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Despite Pakistan’s efforts to deceive the world on the Indian airstrikes on the Jaish-e-Muhammad camp, small details of what happened in Balakot in the wee hours of February 26 and thereafter have kept trickling in from my source. This article is an attempt to piece together all the informations I gathered and to fill the gaps into what it has become the jigsaw puzzle of the Balakot strike.

As it is well known now, the IAF strike was carried out at around 3.30 am. According to my informations, an Army unit, from their camp in Shinkiari, arrived at the location of the strike on February 26 at around 6 am, two and a half hours later. Shinkari is around 20 kms away from Balakot, and the Army unit would have taken around 35-40 minutes to reach the location from where the climb to the camp begins. Incidentally, Shinkiari is also a base of the Pakistan Army, with the Junior Leaders Academy (JLA) located there. Immediately after the Army unit arrival, the injured were taken to a Harkat-ul-Mujahideen camp, located in Shinkiari and treated by Pakistan Army doctors. Local sources say around 45 persons are still undergoing treatment in this camp, while around 20 have died during treatment due to serious injuries. Those who have recovered are still in custody of the Army and have not been discharged. Based on the different inputs that have been gathered over the last several weeks through my contact, it can now also be safely said that the impact of the strike immediately killed a large number of JeM cadres. The numbers estimated have ranged from 130-170, including those who have died during treatment. Those killed included 11 trainers, ranging from bomb makers to those imparting weapons training. Two of these trainers were from Afghanistan. To prevent news on the fatalities leaking through statements of family members of cadres, a group of JeM members also visited the families of those killed and handed over cash compensation to them. Adjacent to the Blue Pine Hotel, located on the foothill from where one starts the trek for the JeM camp, is a freshly painted signboard that indicates the presence of the Taleem-ul-Quran on the hilltop. Unlike the earlier board, all links to JeM leader and now internationally proscribed terrorist Masood Azhar has been removed. The camp area is still under the control of the Army, with a Captain rank officer of the Mujahid battalion in command. The access to the dust track leading to the camp is still restricted, even to the local police. Apart from a few children and 3-4 teachers, the camp has been cleared of any traces of it earlier being a JeM camp. Meanwhile, inhabitants of Bisian township, near the JeM camp, still discuss of some locals having noticed vehicles dumping rubble in the Kunhar River during the first night after the strike. There is also talk about the JeM leadership having assured its cadres that the group will take its revenge when the time is ripe.
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'We Didn't Miss' - Air Force Pilots Who Flew Balakot Mission

Gwalior: "We smoked a lot of cigarettes before the mission," says the young Squadron Leader who was one among the group of pilots who struck the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror training facility near Balakot in Pakistan in February. "We kept pacing up and down once we knew what our mission was."
The Squadron Leader was one among two Mirage 2000 fighter pilots who NDTV spoke to today on their role in the attack, the first Indian Air Force assault on a target inside Pakistan since the 1971 war.
NDTV has been requested not to reveal the names of either of the two pilots who we spoke to.
"The entire operation took approximately two-and-a-half hours," says the second Squadron Leader. Both pilots launched Spice 2000 satellite-guided bombs at the target.
On February 26, the Indian Air Force (IAF) had deployed 12 Mirage 2000 jets, which were meant to take out the terrorist facility by firing two separate types of Israeli munitions - the Spice 2000, designed to penetrate deep inside the structures which were targeted and the Crystal Maze, meant to send back a video feed of the targets as it struck them. Used in conjunction, the weapons were meant to obliterate the entire facility, while providing the IAF with video evidence of the strike. This was meant to showcase India's resolve in taking on those that it says were responsible for the Pulwama terror attack in February in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force soldiers were killed.

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A Spice 2000 satellite guided bomb slung under the fuselage of an Indian Air Force Mirage 2000.

A low cloud base prevented the IAF from launching the Crystal Maze weapons on the day of the attacks though the fighters deployed did manage to launch five of the six Spice 2000 bombs they were armed with.
"I have no doubt that the Spice 2000 hit its target," says the second Mirage pilot when asked about the controversy on the effectiveness of the IAF strikes. Images released by satellite imaging company DigitalGlobe which were showcased on several international sites showed all the structures at the Jaish camp intact despite the IAF strike. "The resolution of the satellite imagery which was shown is nowhere close to what is needed to accurately show the ingress points of the weapon" says one of the pilots. "The Spice 2000 is not a weapon that misses. There may have been efforts at concealing the damage caused on the roofs of the buildings."
The IAF has consistently maintained that the Spice 2000 weapon it used was designed to penetrate to a certain depth before exploding. The variant of the bomb used was meant to take out human targets without necessarily destroying buildings. NDTV has also been shown an ultra-high resolution image of one of the targets showing three precise holes on the roof of one of the main structures targets. Foreign diplomats and journalists who were taken to the site by Pakistani authorities forty three days after the attack were not shown this building thought to be a hostel for terrorist recruits.
Asked whether those two hours during the mission were the longest in his career, one of the two pilots said, ''It went by in a flash because there was so much to do." One of the big concerns of the IAF attack formation was the distinct possibility of a Pakistani response. Though the two pilots NDTV spoke to did not pick up a Pakistani interceptor on their radars, they were alerted to the presence of at least one Pakistani jet flying towards the Indian formation by the airborne warning aircraft coordinating the IAF's attack. By then, they had launched their weapons and were safely out of harm's way. "The Spice 2000 is a fire and forget weapon. You don't need to loiter in the area while it flies towards its target," said one pilot.
One of the pilots said he had flown approximately eight kilometres across the line of control to get into a position to fire the Spice bomb. Asked what they did once they returned to base, both the pilots smiled at each other. One of them said, "We had a few more cigarettes."
 
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Ashwin said:
'We Didn't Miss' - Air Force Pilots Who Flew Balakot Mission

Gwalior: "We smoked a lot of cigarettes before the mission," says the young Squadron Leader who was one among the group of pilots who struck the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror training facility near Balakot in Pakistan in February. "We kept pacing up and down once we knew what our mission was."
The Squadron Leader was one among two Mirage 2000 fighter pilots who NDTV spoke to today on their role in the attack, the first Indian Air Force assault on a target inside Pakistan since the 1971 war.
NDTV has been requested not to reveal the names of either of the two pilots who we spoke to.
"The entire operation took approximately two-and-a-half hours," says the second Squadron Leader. Both pilots launched Spice 2000 satellite-guided bombs at the target.
On February 26, the Indian Air Force (IAF) had deployed 12 Mirage 2000 jets, which were meant to take out the terrorist facility by firing two separate types of Israeli munitions - the Spice 2000, designed to penetrate deep inside the structures which were targeted and the Crystal Maze, meant to send back a video feed of the targets as it struck them. Used in conjunction, the weapons were meant to obliterate the entire facility, while providing the IAF with video evidence of the strike. This was meant to showcase India's resolve in taking on those that it says were responsible for the Pulwama terror attack in February in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force soldiers were killed.

vcn7et3o_mirage_625x300_24_June_19.jpg

A Spice 2000 satellite guided bomb slung under the fuselage of an Indian Air Force Mirage 2000.

A low cloud base prevented the IAF from launching the Crystal Maze weapons on the day of the attacks though the fighters deployed did manage to launch five of the six Spice 2000 bombs they were armed with.
"I have no doubt that the Spice 2000 hit its target," says the second Mirage pilot when asked about the controversy on the effectiveness of the IAF strikes. Images released by satellite imaging company DigitalGlobe which were showcased on several international sites showed all the structures at the Jaish camp intact despite the IAF strike. "The resolution of the satellite imagery which was shown is nowhere close to what is needed to accurately show the ingress points of the weapon" says one of the pilots. "The Spice 2000 is not a weapon that misses. There may have been efforts at concealing the damage caused on the roofs of the buildings."
The IAF has consistently maintained that the Spice 2000 weapon it used was designed to penetrate to a certain depth before exploding. The variant of the bomb used was meant to take out human targets without necessarily destroying buildings. NDTV has also been shown an ultra-high resolution image of one of the targets showing three precise holes on the roof of one of the main structures targets. Foreign diplomats and journalists who were taken to the site by Pakistani authorities forty three days after the attack were not shown this building thought to be a hostel for terrorist recruits.
Asked whether those two hours during the mission were the longest in his career, one of the two pilots said, ''It went by in a flash because there was so much to do." One of the big concerns of the IAF attack formation was the distinct possibility of a Pakistani response. Though the two pilots NDTV spoke to did not pick up a Pakistani interceptor on their radars, they were alerted to the presence of at least one Pakistani jet flying towards the Indian formation by the airborne warning aircraft coordinating the IAF's attack. By then, they had launched their weapons and were safely out of harm's way. "The Spice 2000 is a fire and forget weapon. You don't need to loiter in the area while it flies towards its target," said one pilot.
One of the pilots said he had flown approximately eight kilometres across the line of control to get into a position to fire the Spice bomb. Asked what they did once they returned to base, both the pilots smiled at each other. One of them said, "We had a few more cigarettes."
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Wow this thing is picking up again, hope it's not our forum that is restarting all this and ground is being prepared for something exciting.
 
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Wow this thing is picking up again, hope it's not our forum that is restarting all this and ground is being prepared for something exciting.
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Don't know about that. We might just be the only forum that's still going on about Balakot, all the others have closed the respective threads. One thing that I find very intriguing is the repeated mentions of the video feed. If you are not going to release it why talk about it at all, unless you are preparing grounds for releasing it.
 
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Don't know about that. We might just be the only forum that's still going on about Balakot, all the others have closed the respective threads. One thing that I find very intriguing is the repeated mentions of the video feed. If you are not going to release it why talk about it at all, unless you are preparing grounds for releasing it.
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They don't have the video, it is mentioned in that context, hope they have atleast photos because this article talks about NDTV seeing the photo of building with 3 holes which unfortunately matches with that popular photo already in circulation.
 
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YOU REALLY TRUST NDTV to keep secrets? Already the ISI must be having the address of the pilots and where their family works etc.
NDTV are bunch or morons and traitors..
Ashwin said:
'We Didn't Miss' - Air Force Pilots Who Flew Balakot Mission

Gwalior: "We smoked a lot of cigarettes before the mission," says the young Squadron Leader who was one among the group of pilots who struck the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror training facility near Balakot in Pakistan in February. "We kept pacing up and down once we knew what our mission was."
The Squadron Leader was one among two Mirage 2000 fighter pilots who NDTV spoke to today on their role in the attack, the first Indian Air Force assault on a target inside Pakistan since the 1971 war.
NDTV has been requested not to reveal the names of either of the two pilots who we spoke to.
"The entire operation took approximately two-and-a-half hours," says the second Squadron Leader. Both pilots launched Spice 2000 satellite-guided bombs at the target.
On February 26, the Indian Air Force (IAF) had deployed 12 Mirage 2000 jets, which were meant to take out the terrorist facility by firing two separate types of Israeli munitions - the Spice 2000, designed to penetrate deep inside the structures which were targeted and the Crystal Maze, meant to send back a video feed of the targets as it struck them. Used in conjunction, the weapons were meant to obliterate the entire facility, while providing the IAF with video evidence of the strike. This was meant to showcase India's resolve in taking on those that it says were responsible for the Pulwama terror attack in February in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force soldiers were killed.

vcn7et3o_mirage_625x300_24_June_19.jpg

A Spice 2000 satellite guided bomb slung under the fuselage of an Indian Air Force Mirage 2000.

A low cloud base prevented the IAF from launching the Crystal Maze weapons on the day of the attacks though the fighters deployed did manage to launch five of the six Spice 2000 bombs they were armed with.
"I have no doubt that the Spice 2000 hit its target," says the second Mirage pilot when asked about the controversy on the effectiveness of the IAF strikes. Images released by satellite imaging company DigitalGlobe which were showcased on several international sites showed all the structures at the Jaish camp intact despite the IAF strike. "The resolution of the satellite imagery which was shown is nowhere close to what is needed to accurately show the ingress points of the weapon" says one of the pilots. "The Spice 2000 is not a weapon that misses. There may have been efforts at concealing the damage caused on the roofs of the buildings."
The IAF has consistently maintained that the Spice 2000 weapon it used was designed to penetrate to a certain depth before exploding. The variant of the bomb used was meant to take out human targets without necessarily destroying buildings. NDTV has also been shown an ultra-high resolution image of one of the targets showing three precise holes on the roof of one of the main structures targets. Foreign diplomats and journalists who were taken to the site by Pakistani authorities forty three days after the attack were not shown this building thought to be a hostel for terrorist recruits.
Asked whether those two hours during the mission were the longest in his career, one of the two pilots said, ''It went by in a flash because there was so much to do." One of the big concerns of the IAF attack formation was the distinct possibility of a Pakistani response. Though the two pilots NDTV spoke to did not pick up a Pakistani interceptor on their radars, they were alerted to the presence of at least one Pakistani jet flying towards the Indian formation by the airborne warning aircraft coordinating the IAF's attack. By then, they had launched their weapons and were safely out of harm's way. "The Spice 2000 is a fire and forget weapon. You don't need to loiter in the area while it flies towards its target," said one pilot.
One of the pilots said he had flown approximately eight kilometres across the line of control to get into a position to fire the Spice bomb. Asked what they did once they returned to base, both the pilots smiled at each other. One of them said, "We had a few more cigarettes."
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Arsalan123 said:
@vstol Jockey I didn't lie.i shared paf Hassan picture from another source.i have received negative ratings on PDF because I questioned our narrative.i am sure another jet went down but PDF not ready to accept.
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Dont give any importance to PDF

Most Pakistanis there always talk and behave like SuperMen because they know Indians are reading it

If you really care for the truth then you will need to make friends with Ex Army and Ex PAF officers
 
Arsalan123 said:
@vstol Jockey I didn't lie.i shared paf Hassan picture from another source.i have received negative ratings on PDF because I questioned our narrative.i am sure another jet went down but PDF not ready to accept.
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We had known these names from 27th Feb itself as your pilots were so stupid that they announced it to other pilots in the strike package and we heard it all.
 
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