I was speaking to a classmate of mine who is a senior ranking officer in the IAF. He mentioned that the death toll is closer to 5 times the officially quoted figures. My guess is that the death toll was deliberately underplayed to prevent escalation; otherwise the scope of the operation would have been obvious to even lay Pakistanis.Akshay Kapoor wrote:To those that are saying x should have been used, Y should have been used etc...this is one of the finest ops ever done by IA and possibly IAF. Gents 120 troops across multiple units hit 7 targets across the Lakshman Rekha inflicting heavy casualties and 0 Indian casualties. And as part of a political decision to do a preemtive strike ! We could not have calibrated this better. I am ecstatic.
I also love the fact that the PM has not said a word. Why should he? He doesn't give a press conference when terrorists are routinely killed on our side of the LoC. This is not much different and shouldn't attract too much attention. Prepare ourselves for anything the Pakistanis throw at us and retaliate at a time and place of our choosing for maximum effect.