At 0327 hrs, this morning, a formation of 12 Mirage-2000 fighter bombers entered Pakistan, dropped bombs on their pre-designated targets at Balakot in Pakistan, Muzaffarnagar and Chakothi deep within Pakistan occupied Kashmir. The operation lasted 21 minutes.
Fighter jets, mid-air refuellers and early warning aircraft along with four Sukhoi-30MKI and an additional one as "hot stand by" as CAP(Combat Air Patrol) constituted the strike package. Spice-2000 precision guided 1,000 kg bombs and AGM-142(Popeye-2) missiles blasted the biggest and the sophisticated JeM terror training center into smithereens.
Wow, what a day! I salute the IAF and its brave men!! And, above all, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his courageous decision!!!
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The most amazing part is......that the 12 faceless men.....the pilots.....and the supporting crew.....will simply and humbly continue their routine lives.....standing in queues amid the citizens.....traveling on waitlisted tickets because of not bribing the TTEs......struggling for the kids' admissions because of mid session transfers......facing road rage from groups of money throwing rich kids.....bullying from politicians and bureaucrats......and will one day retire......and struggle for OROP.
These are the true heroes of India.....and not the Bollywood Khans or the cricketing machos.
The beauty of it all is......they still don't care and they still risk it all.....without any expectations of recognition.....and they would do it again and again.......every time the nation demands it from them....
Tailpiece.
Got up with the alarm, almost and went about our chores thereafter. We were ready well in time. Got a message from Preetha, our maid, that she was down with Jaundice and therefore, would not be coming for work today. It was a damn blow. She has, however, said that she'd fetch up tomorrow and we wondered as to how she would do it but kept our queries to ourselves.
After a light breakfast of Oats and a boiled egg - Lekha had it only after her return - Lekha had gone for the 'darshan' at the Guruvayur temple as today was the last day of its annual festival. Meanwhile, news was coming in thick and fast about the surgical strikes - carried out by twelve IAF Mirage 2000s on Balakot(Deep in Pakistan) along with Muzaffarabad and Chakothi of the PoK in the early morning hours of the day. It was a proud and wonderful moment and I was thrilled. India had retaliated 12 days after the dastardly Pulwama attack and taken the Pakistanis by surprise.
Have corrected the Grandmother clock, this time, consciously erring on to the slowing regime. Hope it's the right point! Mrs. Rajah sent us a box of grapes grown on their vineyard at Kolhapur, damn sweet of her!!
Fighter jets, mid-air refuellers and early warning aircraft along with four Sukhoi-30MKI and an additional one as "hot stand by" as CAP(Combat Air Patrol) constituted the strike package. Spice-2000 precision guided 1,000 kg bombs and AGM-142(Popeye-2) missiles blasted the biggest and the sophisticated JeM terror training center into smithereens.
Wow, what a day! I salute the IAF and its brave men!! And, above all, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his courageous decision!!!
* * *
The most amazing part is......that the 12 faceless men.....the pilots.....and the supporting crew.....will simply and humbly continue their routine lives.....standing in queues amid the citizens.....traveling on waitlisted tickets because of not bribing the TTEs......struggling for the kids' admissions because of mid session transfers......facing road rage from groups of money throwing rich kids.....bullying from politicians and bureaucrats......and will one day retire......and struggle for OROP.
These are the true heroes of India.....and not the Bollywood Khans or the cricketing machos.
The beauty of it all is......they still don't care and they still risk it all.....without any expectations of recognition.....and they would do it again and again.......every time the nation demands it from them....
Tailpiece.
Got up with the alarm, almost and went about our chores thereafter. We were ready well in time. Got a message from Preetha, our maid, that she was down with Jaundice and therefore, would not be coming for work today. It was a damn blow. She has, however, said that she'd fetch up tomorrow and we wondered as to how she would do it but kept our queries to ourselves.
After a light breakfast of Oats and a boiled egg - Lekha had it only after her return - Lekha had gone for the 'darshan' at the Guruvayur temple as today was the last day of its annual festival. Meanwhile, news was coming in thick and fast about the surgical strikes - carried out by twelve IAF Mirage 2000s on Balakot(Deep in Pakistan) along with Muzaffarabad and Chakothi of the PoK in the early morning hours of the day. It was a proud and wonderful moment and I was thrilled. India had retaliated 12 days after the dastardly Pulwama attack and taken the Pakistanis by surprise.
Have corrected the Grandmother clock, this time, consciously erring on to the slowing regime. Hope it's the right point! Mrs. Rajah sent us a box of grapes grown on their vineyard at Kolhapur, damn sweet of her!!
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