File photo of Mirage 2000 fighter jet | Manvender Vashist/PTI
File photo of Mirage 2000 fighter jet | Manvender Vashist/PTI
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IAF’s Balakot strike lasted 21 mins, used 1,000 kg Israeli bombs fed with GPS coordinates

Five Mirage 2000 aircraft of the IAF crossed over the LoC and went at least 10 km inside PoK, before firing multiple Spice-2000 precision-guided bombs that hit the sprawling Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Balakot Tuesday, reports Snehesh Alex Philip.

How PM Modi’s delay in condemnation of attacks on Kashmiris is part of a pattern

Narendra Modi’s well-rehearsed pattern goes something like this — let bigotry gain legs, the poison seep in, let the sane and insane headbutt on every platform first, writes Rama Lakshmi.

Why IAF picked MiG-21s to take on Pakistani F-16s on Wednesday

According to the IAF, patrolling aircraft are rotated based on various factors, and at the time when the Pakistani F-16s attacked Wednesday, it was the MiG-21’s turn, reports Snehesh Alex Philip.

The possible hill-top target of IAF’s Balakot strike in Pakistan

Using Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale’s description of the target, ThePrint accessed satellite imagery to find the possible location of the IAF strikes, writes Col. Vinayak Bhat (Retd).

With Balakot strike, India has called Pakistan’s nuclear bluff again

Going ahead, Pakistan and the global community will have to keep the redefined red lines in mind. There will be an Indian military response to terror strikes coming from Pakistan, writes Shekhar Gupta.

Through Pakistan air strikes, Modi ‘bombed’ opposition’s election strategy

The contrast in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s speeches Tuesday delineated the battle lines for the coming Lok Sabha elections, writes D.K. Singh.

Pakistan’s 50-year self-destruction in blood-feud with India & how Imran Khan can halt it

Pakistan has lost a lot over the past five decades, including its pre-eminence in the Islamic world, Shekhar Gupta notes in this week’s National Interest, with some advice for Prime Minister Imran Khan.

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