Should've Used Bombs That Destroyed Buildings: Air Force Chief On Balakot

[Imran Khan]

Should've Used Bombs That Destroyed Buildings: Air Force Chief On Balakot
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The Indian Air Force and the government have been firm that a Jaish-e-Mohammed camp was successfully targetted in February this year in Pakistan's Balakot.
All India | Written by Vishnu Som, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Updated: July 26, 2019 11:20 IST
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Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said the Air Force targetted terrorists and not structures.


Dras, Jammu and Kashmir:
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1. IAF used Spice 2000 bombs to destroy Jaish terror camps
2. The bomb penetrates buildings and kills human targets
3. IAF should have dropped bombs that destroyed entire structures: Air chief

Given what he called "propaganda" about the air-strikes on a terrorist base in Pakistan's Balakot earlier this year, Indian fighter jets should have dropped bombs which would have destroyed entire structures, Air Force chief BS Dhanoa has told NDTV.

On February 26, Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jets had crossed the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and dropped a penetrator variant of the Israeli-made Spice 2000 bomb on a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in northeastern Pakistan. This weapon penetrates buildings, kills human targets without necessarily destroying the entire building.

"On hindsight, if you see the propaganda war - we should have dropped the other Spice bomb, one which would have devastated the buildings," Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa said in an interview to mark the 20th anniversary of India's victory in the Kargil War.

The lack of video or photographic evidence had proven to be problematic for the Indian Air Force, particularly after private satellite images of the Jaish camp released a day after the strikes appeared to show intact structures with only a handful of signs of clear bomb damage.

Confirming that imagery from Indian satellites of the impact of the strikes would have been helpful, Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa explained some of the problems which were encountered following the strike.

"We counted on the satellites and all the clouds came... it happens. This is war. Things don't happen exactly as per plan. We went about... that we need to kill the guys - the terrorists - we never went around destroying buildings," he said.

With no satellite images immediately available, the Indian Air Force was forced to rely on high resolution satellite images provided by a friendly partner nation. These images, one of which was shown to NDTV, shows three clear impact points in one of the buildings the Air Force says it struck. However, confidentiality clauses have meant that the Air Force could not publish this image.

The Air Force and the government have been firm that the air strikes were successful in targeting the Jaish-e-Mohammed camp, following a suicide attack on a security convoy in Jammu and Kashmir that left 40 Central Reserve Police Force troopers dead. Pakistan claims that the air strikes missed their targets.

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"The operation was carried out to tell Jaish-e-Mohammed that no matter where you are - like in this case they were in Pakistan - we'll come and get you. That message went down loud and clear - both to the Jaish-e-Mohammed and to the Pakistani establishment," he added.



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[zulu]

Sir he become mental patient .marty waqt bhi yehi keh raha hoga"""I really attacked Balakot believe me """"

he is -------- learning from internet trolls

 

[war&peace]

I'm sure now that half of the top rankings officials of Indian armed forces are PDF members since I don't find any difference between the typical indian trolls on PDF and these so called cheap chiefs... Mentally retards are wearing uniforms..

 

[SIPRA]

It is their compulsion. Obviously, they cannot back out from those claims, now. There is no way out.

 

[hussain0216]

O.M.G

Bull Shit Dhanoa strikes again

 

[D!nGa Ch!Ba]

Is he talking about the Fifth element :d sci-fi lovers will understand.

 

[Dil Pakistan]

There is old saying: "the punch you want to deliver after the fight is over, smash it to your own face".

 

[SIPRA]

In any case, somehow, I believe that the Balakot air strike was a deliberate miss by IAF.

 

[Dil Pakistan]

In any case, somehow, I believe that the Balakot air strike was a deliberate miss by IAF.

Are trying to be nice to IAF?

 

[SIPRA]

There is old saying: "the punch you want to deliver after the fight is over, smash it to your own face".

I think that the Punjabi version of this saying would be known to this Sikh IAF Chief.

Are trying to be nice to IAF?

No. I really believe it, as such, almost from the day one.

 

[Reichsmarschall]

we would like to hear a word or two from him about the unfortunate chopper

 

[infinity73]

Air Force was forced to rely on high resolution satellite images provided by a friendly partner nation.

That's new information, I think. Who would that 'friendly partner nation' be?

 

[Baby Leone]

lol ab to yeh chutiya poora pagal ho gaya he lagta he

even Israelis would be laughing on this idiot

That's new information, I think. Who would that 'friendly partner nation' be?

regional power Bangladesh?

 

[FalconStar]

I don't know which Bombs are these which can go through a building and not cause any damage to it.
Like what is he talking about?
Look at the West Bank and Gaza where Israeli's use these Bombs, they completely destroy whole structures.

Maybe they were were Vedic Bombs covered in cow urine and they just kill "Atankwadis".
IAF the Air force of the SUPA DUPA POWA.

 

[Riz]

Actually they used modi stinky fart as new missiles warhead at balakot.. And 350 terrorists died with smell rather then bleed to death...