Thread by @RadioChinar

Acute shortage on weapons with #terrorists in #Kashmir. A #Thread

Terror tanzeems in Kashmir are short on weaponry, they don't have any arms reserve to give weapons to the new recruits, thus in recent attacks there is a desperation to snatch weapons from forces personnel.
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The recent Pantha Chowk incident on 29 Aug, was a shoot and run attempt, the intent of the bike-borne #terrorists were to cause casualty and take away weapons, but they failed miserably with all three terrorists being gunned down.
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Another instance was seen in #Handwara attack on #CRPF party, one AK-47 rifle was taken away, however, swift counter ops ensured #terrorists who carried out this attack were killed and weapon snatched away from a CRPF jawan was also recovered.
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The larger picture has seen traditional weapons supply lines from across the border dry up due to a strong, multi-tiered anti-infiltration grid of the #Indianarmy, big weapon consignments are difficult to send through infiltration
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Whatever supplies are coming are body attached with infiltrating #terrorists carrying 3 rifle each but those are not enough to arm new recruits which has now forced new innovative attempts to..
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..smuggle in arms including use of drones to drop supplies many of whom have been either destroyed or recovered on or near the LoC by army and BSF.
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#Pakistan has intensified cross-border firing this year so that terrorists and arms cache could be pushed into J&K. Less than 200 militants are currently active, and just 26 #terrorists could enter the Union Territory from across the border so far this year
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Pakistan has adopted a new trend to drop arms & ammunition close to the LoC . The tactics used by Pakistan is to push in weapons by dumping the same in the areas close to the LoC and tasking the Over ground workers..
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..who reside in villages close to the LoC to deliver the weapons to militants. But so far all such bids have failed. Security forces have busted several such dumps in the recent past.
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On 30 Aug a huge cache of arms & ammunition were recovered from well concealed locations in two hideouts in Rampur Sector of Uri area of #Baramulla comprises of 05 AK Rifles, 06 mag & 1254 rounds of AK ammo,
06 pistols, 09 mag,
21 grenades,
02 UBGL grenades
02 Radio sets

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on 14 aug #IndianArmy recovered a cache of arms & ammunition during a search operation in #Baramulla #Kashmir in Trenarian in Dogi Pahad area of north Kashmir containing 03 pistols with magazines & ammunition, 73 AK rounds, 02 detonators, 15 grenades & Pakistani currency.
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Similarly, On July 22, 2020 #IndianArmy again busted an arms drop during the search operation along the LoC in Rampur sector, #Baramulla, recovering 1 AKS-74U with magazines, 5 pistols (one with Chinese markings) & magazines, 24 grenades & other warlike stores
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on 11 Jul #IndianArmy busted a cache of arms comprises 2xAK-47 rifles & 1x Pistol with magazines, ammunition, 04 x grenades & medical supplies when it killed two #terrorists along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Naugam sector of #Baramulla #Kashmir.
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On July 7 #IndianArmy busted another huge cache of arms & ammunition during a search operation close to the LoC in Maidan Nala at Uri sector of #Baramulla. Recovering 03 AK56 rifles, 2 pistols along with bullets from the spot.
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On 9 jun @JmuKmrPolice recovered a large cache of arms & ammunition near the LoC in #Kupwara North #Kashmir.The forces recovered arms& ammunition including 5 AK-47, 15 AK-Magazines, 2 UBGL, 57 UBGL grenades & 15 hand grenades.
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#Pakistan has even adopted technique of sending arms and ammunition to Jammu and #Kashmir using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and several such incidents have been detected in..
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..the recent past in Kupwara, Heera Nagar, Kathua and Rajouri. Another modus operandi of Pakistan to dispatch weapons through trucks to Jammu and Kashmir was unearthed in Punjab.
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Between January to July this year, security forces foiled several Pakistani attempts when it tried to sneak weapons into Jammu and Kashmir even through drones in various districts bordering the Line of Control (LoC)
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This has broken the back of the terror infrastructure in the valley, with now terrorists running around with country-made pistols. The situation is such that if Pakistan manages to recruit #terrorists, it is not able to provide them with weapons.
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This has been possible due to targeting of #terrorist support structure- the Jamaat-e-Islami (JK), Hurriyat & their members & the OGWs. Terrorists are feeling the heat now, the recent grenade attack in Azad Gunj #Baramulla injuring 7 civilians shows their desperation
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