One year of Balakot — unraveling what happened, the lesser-known facts & what it changed for India

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A year since the Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out air strikes in Pakistan's Balakot in response to the Pulwama terror attack, Government Matters does a deep-dive into how it was executed, its implications & what has changed on the ground.

- Inside story of attack on Balakot — from IAF officer who planned and executed it -

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[kushdesai]

Isn't it a shame that the Air Force had to change their firing protocol just so that idiots can't question their operations again.

[svs]

After one year, people of India are fighting eachother
That's it

[PunjabHP]

Why no one talks about that India went deep into pak province kpk and bomb the balakot after crossing the international border 80 km inside pak and came back home safe surprising paf time and next day paf couldnt even cross loc properly we lost the aircraft cos we were there to defend meanwhine paf was no where near balakot when indian went inside and other big differnce is that India cross the Internatinal border search how far is balakot from Loc and meanwhile next paf response was limited to just loc. there is a huge differnce between loc and IB border cos loc is not a reconisded border and IB is and India went deep in kpk and bombed there and paf was wondering around bahawlpur lol

[atanughosh]

Won't THE PRINT will ask for proof from our forces ?

[ahmedshafi]

Buuuuaaaahahahahaha, , , when she asked, , Are we better equipped??? While answering, ,, 13:45, ,, He was so uncomfortable that he changed his sitting position, , , 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[shoaib]

the lesson for India is DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT AGAIN

[CrazyBikerMIR]

How about helicopter shootdown by IAF????

[pardeeptandon]

Kindly also tell the public how Pakistan responded the next day and bombed Kashmir and shoot down our Jet and in the confusion we shot down our own helicopter in broad day light.

[vijayh]

Balakot was just a practice to test the waters.Real thing is yet to come.Shooting down F16 with fading bison was no mean feat.

[hanif]

will in fact according to the print the iaf planed 18 Feb and attack on 26 Feb let say ok but paf response was 27 feb when iaf was full alart so the massage was very clear from paf

[amanpasha]

How Pakistan was able to hide 70 dead bodies? Kuch bhi

[avinashprabhu]

Iaf targeting or missing targets is another thing but entering pok is accepted by both sides . And this was an important move from India to show Pakistan will have to now also consider possible escalation from India in future for any proxy war it does. So there is no win or loss but a very necessary move by India to have strategical leverage over Pakistan. And by crossing into pok and Pakistan not able to escalate this enough at international forum proved India did scored a very important goal.

[pinkoojee]

The World media and all neutral analysts say one thing and Indian media another.

[lalukheti]

The print can easily blame Modi (rightly so) for hindu-muslim fights in india, but believes him blindly when it comes to Pakistan. The only people died were the indian soliders in that helicopter and only air craft lost were all indian - 1 Mig, 1 Chopper and maybe 1 Sukhoy. Be brave and ask the questions. The IAF was so amazing that it killed 10 of its own soldiers and officials.

[tahirwaqas]

Still paddling lies about F-16 being shot down 🤣

[mirzashakeel]

Just ask Cristine fair and stop living in Disney world.

[FreudSG]

Free advice to Indian aficionados of #IAF .... which they won't take but here it goes anyway. For your own sake ask IAF to release the video of the Balakot strike. In sharp contrast #PAF released multiple videos from multiple angles of airstrikes carried out in Indian Kashmir in broad daylight on Feb 27th as part of its Operation #SwiftRetort. Why cant IAF do the same Modern fighters are equipped with night-vision hi-res cameras. Please stop right now if you are going to say you blindly trust your armed forces. This is 2020, you can't fool logical people. #USAF releases footage of every single drone strike after the validity period ends. In September last year PAF did the same for its strikes near munition depots and brigade headquarters in J&K. So let IAF release the footage so we all know that the hilltop bunker was destroyed by the spice2000 missiles and Pakistan kept the int'l media away for 45 days fo repairs. I mean come on, isn't it obvious that IAF is tarnishing its own image and disrespecting the professionals who were part of a very successful operation by not releasing its footage.

[khalidj]

These two should be In a comedy show what planet are these clowns living in

[suppiahmurugesan]

The anchor is wrong in saying that it was a "retaliatory strike" when it was actually a preemptive attack to teach these bastards a painful lesson.

[poorangattu]

First thing is that the Balakot airstrikes were our biggest failure and disaster. Even today neither the politicians nor Air Chief Marshall Birinder Singh Dhanoa has given a straight answer. Nothing happened in Balakot according to all foreign intelligence. Also, we lost 2 Aircraft - one Mig and a Helicopter by a botched intelligence failure. There was utter confusion when the Pakistanis attacked. They were able to penetrate our airspace and went back without any losses. To add insult to injury Pakistan showed magnanimity when they returned our downed pilot. We looked like a bunch of losers. Also, remember that if we had done any harm in the strike they would not have played so nice. PLEASE DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND DONT GO SO LIGHTLY INTO THE REALM OF THE FAKE NEWS BRIGADE. I EXPECT BETTER FROM YOU.