ANATOMY OF A STRIKE BY AIR.
Let me just think out of my head and also create an
imaginary sequence of events of what happened between 14th till 27th Feb.
- We loose over 40 troops in Pulwama strike on 14th.
- The nation and its leadership is aghast and want revenge. CCS meets and a decision is taken to send a clear message across.
- RAW and NTRO are asked to locate targets which can be hit as a message and they already have a detailed list of such targets.
- IA is told to retaliate with force on LOC and cause maximum damage to PA at the same time.
- HUMINT and assests on ground in Pakistan are activated for clear and precise information on 16th feb.
- IA, IAF & IN are taken into confidence and asked to give the appriciation of what can be done and how to avenge Pulwama and what will happen after that and its fallouts and if they are capable of escalation and also de-escalating based on the situation. This happens on 17th.
- The arty strikes by IA fail to acheive the kind of casualties which can satisfy the Indian people. Decision is taken to do something big and cause pain directly to Pak Army.
- IA, IAF and IN give a go ahead to CCS on 18th.
- Initially a military target in Sialkot is picked up and on 20th a go ahead is given to IAF to strike it.
- The strike takes place on 21st and causes massive damage to PA. This was a clear strike by IAF on a Military target in Pakistan resulting in large number of deaths and blowing up of their ammo dump and also Brigade HQ.
- Pakistan probably understands it as a likely ground thrust and full scale invasion and moves its formations forward.
- At the same time a lull sets in in Pak Army that India having taken revenge will not escalate the situation. But Pak plans a counter strike on similar formations in India. The planning by PAF starts on 22nd.
- The information that all JEM guys are meeting in Balakot to celebrate the 14th feb strike is received and the list of people likely to attend the meeting is recieved by RAW on 21st and also substantiated by NTRO.
- This being a most juicy target, India decides to withhold the information about Sialkot strike as even Pakistan underplays it like they did in 2016 surgical strikes.
- Friendly countries and their assets in air are now used to pin point the targets. Fresh targets are assigned to IAF and they give a go ahead and all clear.
- IA and IN give go ahead along with IAF and give all clear to even full scale war. IN especially asks for permission to strike and demolish Karachi but are told to hold back and await further instructions based on how Pak behaves post strikes.
- IAF selects its best guys to do the job and a full spectrum of deception and deciet is created by rapid thrusts towards LOC/IB by other aircraft.
- The Pilots flying these deception strikes are not even aware of what exactly they are upto. Only the guys in Gwalior know it and start night low level strike practices.
- IAF briefs the CCS that they are ALL GO on 24th.
- CCS clears a strike on this target on 24th itself and the strike goes as planned on 25th-26th night.
- Pilots assemble in their briefing rooms at 1pm on 26th. Get their "Uppers" and man the cockpits. The launch takes place at 0315hrs.
- One after the other 12 of them disappear in the black sky above them and they get refueled over Chandigarh for ingress.
- The strike goes as planned. Aircraft capture the videos of the IIR head in final moments of the strike and return to base. They are again refueled over Punjab.
- The deception works as per plan and the damage to the targets is also as per estimation and also confirmed thru SAR Images from a friendly country which had picked up the exact strike because the timing of the strike was decided based on the passage of the satellite over the target of this friendly country.
- This friendly country wanted to see how its STUFF works in hilly terrain.
- The BDA is made available to view to the CCS on 26th itself and so are the SAR pictures. CCS declares it as "Pre-emptive strike on non military targets"
- The truth of 21st strike will remain buried as that will change our narrative and PA will never accept it.
- On 27th, PAF strikes to take revenge for 21st Sialkot strike and targets those very formations which IAF had hit on 21st. Their pilots panic and release their bombs at sub optimal altitudes resulting in fuses not getting armed and large miss distances. The story that fuses were removed is a fabrication.
- PAF got shit scared when they heard IAF controllers asking them to turn back. Their cover was blown and they were picked up the moment they took off from their bases by IAF.
- PAF striking IA formations was viewed very seriously by CCS and a Go Ahead was given to IN to strike Karachi on 27th night. IN does not need to move its assets close to Karachi. IN Can strike Karachi and Mig-29Ks can strike as deep as Tashkant in Uzbekistan without crossing the lattitude of Mangalore.
- That night, Pak leadership begged to the world to somehow stop India and agreed to do whatever India asked.
- The number of dead PA guys is over 300 and a similar number died in Balakot.
This is a fictional account of what happened till date. Believe it at your own cost. BUT can't it be TRUE?