Indian handles revelling om KGB castrating Hezbollah operatives resulting in return of diplomats.
A certain IA unit, in 1990s, had men ambushed. Khalsas. CO told SM that he didnt care. Retribution has to be there.
The terrorists involved were Afghan hardcore. 3 were killed. 1
officially, was taken prisoner & presented before CO with 5 AKs & plenty of warstores. SM reported the capture.
A day later, CO realized that something was amiss. 4 terrorists & 5 weapons?
Quietly came to know that the self styled BM, the leader, was tied up in the cow shed of
Sep 4 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Let me tell you all a story.
Back in 60s, 70s, a program was launched to penetrate Sikh & Hindu communities of India using Int assets by an adversary, with asset acting initially & easily as a Sikh/ "refugee Hindu". These assets were planned as long range, dormant assets
who were instructed to lie low, to be used in extreme cases only, were primarily deployed with a view to occupy positions of power/influence/decision making, either directly or through "guided" progenies, using local issues & friction points as their "launch points" for gaining
Aug 11 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐨?
A quick bulletpoint summary:
• Continue a sustained diplomatic offensive with maintenance of secularism & sustenance of democracy being the cornerstone.
• Engage all the players in the current power structure, (1/n)
especially the BD Army leadership, with which it has excellent relationships, to ensure & insure minority safety & security.
• Seal & secure Indo-Bangladesh border & declare it no go on either side to prevent any unwarranted facilitation of crossings from own side (2/n)
Apr 15 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
Very interesting, the takes on recent events in Israel, & extrapolation to an Indian context.
Few points:
1. The AD effort was multi-tiered & multi-national.
2. Most of the interceptions were made well before Israeli airspace.
3. Adequacy of warning existed. This
(1/n)
permitted marshalling of resources well in advance.
4. Nations not likely to be targeted also deployed assets to assist in interceptions.
5. Use of predominantly liquid fuelled missiles (with long lead times to launch) & slower long range drones, gave adequate warning.
