rohitvats wrote:
Samay, a humble request to you and other posters: Let us not go down this route of tactics and paraphernalia......because no one here, save for those have served in the IA and have been in CI Ops, can answer the question. And mind you, even they can only make an educated guess for cases like Sopore where they were not present.
I know that these questions are natural given the loss and the fact that one soldier lost in one too many. But let us not go down a route that none of us (barring the ex-IA members) even have an iota of undertanding.
Thank you.
Rohitvats and others,
Personally I was hesitating to ask the above question ,as it is not a suitable time,but not asking that would be unfair to those who were in that battle and will never bring any suitable time again. ,instead I never asked that before,
but this time I have observed something related to the edge these TSP bred piglets might have , that may be of interest and could give some clues , how to clean the piglets very quicky and with ease,which is why I asked that,
those observations from this gun-battle and few previous ones are
1. From the audio-transcripts :
a)
This gunbattle(hotel,sopore) and that of 26/11 are very similar in the style they have been conducted.Available audio is of 34+ minutes ,(could have been selectively edited by forensics), so there could possibly be , say around 1 hr 'worth' of talking that could have happened, so "motivation"levels are increased.,same motivation and direction that was provided to 26/11 fidayeens.
b)Complete lack of jamming,that could have prevented terrorists to get directions, same as what happened on 26/11
c)terrorists were perfectly indoctrinated and were behaving as if very near to getting their 72,that makes them 'fidayeen' not common militants, so their training levels should be high for 'special' operations.
d)One of the handler was either a kashmiri(Indian side) or an Indian.(a guess only, but not entirely wrong).
e)They were clearly told to use grenades(HE?) as the troops come closer.
f)They were directed to delay as much as possible, so as to get extensive media coverage, and to cost more to India.
2. From the theater itself:
a)Again and again Sopore and Srinagar are selected, these places are well known for their intense hardliner content amongst the population,so that increases the possibility of local help, same piglets who throw stones on police in their leisure time ,will be providing help.
b)the terrorists are now getting training as how to better protect themselves when they hide themselves in concrete structures, rather than coming in front and fight, in the previous incident all the terrorists were killed in the gun battle in forests but they are more effective when they hide inside the buildings.
c)they know that Indian forces do not have NV capability in operations and always use this in their favour.
d) COIN teams are still lagging many essential gadgets,like better vests,
NVC, communication aids etc ,. remember tavor may be a good weapon but ak 47/56,grenades are still lethal
e) above constraints and environment leaves very less options for the Indian captain that to make a sacrificial move
I think some conclusion can be made on this ..
nice one !
