Balakot Attack:India’s IAF Strike Across LoC: How the Day Unfolded

Balakot Attack

The Indian Air Force bombed the largest terror facility in Pakistan's Balakot.In the early hours of 26th February 2019, 12 Mirage 2000 multi-role fighter jets dropped thousand kg bombs eliminating a large number of Jaish-e- Mohammed terrorist trainers senior commanders and groups of jihadis. With this, for the first time since the 1971 war  the Indian Air Force has crossed the border intentionally with a designated target in sight this is how the day unfolded 26th February 2019 , 3.30 AM 12 mirage 2000 multi-role fighter jets fly into Pakistan the details of the operation are conflicting however CNN is 18 reports that the strikes took place at three locations 3:45 a.m. to 3:53 a.m. in Balakot  3:48 a.m. - 3: 55 am in Muzaffarabad and 3:53 a.m. - 4:04 a.m. in chakothi 26th February 2019 5:30 a.m. 

 East Pakistan Army's Major General our Cisco fool said that Indian aircrafts included from Muzaffarabad sector and that payload was released which fell near bulky 26th February 2019, 7: 11 a.m. Pakistan Armed Forces spokesperson tweets photos of the alleged damage caused by the payload of hastily escaping Indian airdrop 26th February 2019, 8: 36 AM.  News agency ANI reports that 12 mirages 2000 Indian fighter jets struck terror camps across the LOC at 3:30 AM the report says that 1,000 kg bombs would drop soon.

                      After leaders across political lines hail the air strikes this included Congress president Rahul Gandhi who tweeted I salute the pilots of the IAF not only him Arvind Kejriwal also saluted the bravery of Indian Air Force pilots who conducted the strike. In  26th February 2019, 8:52 AM BBC quotes IAF sources and reports that the Mirage fighters that were used for the air strike took off from the Ambala airbase and the whole operation took 30 minutes 26 February 2019, 10:00 a.m.First photo of Prime Minister Modi holding a meeting with top leaders after the strike at his residence at 7 Lok Kalyan  Marg is posted seen in the photo our defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ,External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj ,Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, NSA Ajit Doval foreign secretary Vijaya Cokely 26th February 2019, 11:15 a.m. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah  Mahmood Qureshi  calls the Indian air strike grave aggression 26th February 2019, 11:30AM India's foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale holds a press briefing and says three things 

1. India bond to JeM’s terror camp in Balakot in a pre-emptive strike 

 2.India had credible intelligence that Jaish-e -Mohammed was planning and training terrorists to carry out more suicide attacks in India.

  3. Jaish-e- Mohammed terror camp at Balakot that was struck was run by Jaish-e- Mohammed chief Masood Azhar his brother-in-law.

Use of other in intelligence led operation in the early hours of today India struck the biggest training camp of the jihad in Balakot in this operation a very large number of Jaish-e- Mohammed terrorist trainers senior commanders and groups of jihadis who were being trained for Fidayee action were eliminated. 26th February 2019, 12:37 p.m. In a rally in Rajasthan’s Churu Prime Minister Modi said today I assure the countrymen the country is in safe hands while he was speaking pictures of 40 CRPF jawan’s were martyred in the Palama attack were used as a backdrop.  26 February 2019,  3:40 p.m. addressing a press briefing along with Pakistan Defense Minister Pervaiz Khatak and Finance Minister Assad Umar Pakistan's National Security Committee said that India has committed uncalled for aggression to which Pakistan shall respond at the time in place of its choosing.  

  so what are the consequences of this strike? 

 Pakistan has been caught off guard in the strike conducted by the Indian Air Force something it just did not see coming and has clearly underestimated India's ability to retaliate same military experts that the Quint spoke to listen in to what former Army General AK Singh and retired Indian Air Force Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak have to say today India deep  inside Pakistan what action did Pakistan take ? They have been saying all these days they're prepared for the Indian Air for India's attack surely they didn't expect that India's armour divisions, of course, will go across they would have expected that I attack you on straight winners well it is about to experience nature only the coming weeks will show the impact of this strike both internationally and politically but 26th February will definitely go down as a significant day in India's history .