Updated February 27th, 2019 at 15:27 IST
'Salute to the IAF for striking the coward inhuman terrorists with such precision': Kriti Sanon ecstatic after India strikes back at Jaish-e-Mohammed terror bases
The Indian Air Force has given us a reason to be proud after ‘avenging’ the deaths of our CRPF jawans, who were martyred in the dastardly terror attack in Pulwama on February 14.
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The Indian Air Force has given us a reason to be proud after ‘avenging’ the deaths of our CRPF jawans, who were martyred in the dastardly terror attack in Pulwama on February 14. The whole country is celebrating the IAF operation that ripped apart the Jaish-E-Mohammed terror camps on the Line of Control (LoC) at the border on Tuesday.
Lauding the successful air strike, Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon saluted the Indian Air Force for 'striking the coward inhuman terrorists with precision' and stated that it was high time the Indians showed Pakistan, that they cannot get away with this.
Read her reaction below:
The air strike at Balakot, which is 24 kilometres northwest of Muzaffarabad, took place between 3:45 am and 3:53 am. The locations hit in this strike were joint training camps of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. While the strike at Muzaffarabad took place between 3:48 am and 3:55 am and the strike at Chakoti took place between 3:58 am and 4:04 am.
Many Bollywood celebrities took to their social media profiles and lauded the armed forces for the strike that comes almost 12 days after a horrifying terror attack that killed 40 CRPF soldiers in Kashmir’s Pulwama. Actors in the likes of Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Akshay Kumar and others saluted the Indian Armed Forces.
Read their reactions below:
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Here's what we know about India's strike at Pakistan:
- As per sources, it was the Indian Air Force's Mirage-2000 fighter jets, 12 in number, that participated in the operation.
- As per IAF sources, the operation was conducted at 3:30 AM on February 26.
- The operation involved dropping 1000 kg payloads on terror camps.
- Jaish-e-Mohammed terror launchpads at Balakot, Chakoti and Muzaffarabad were destroyed in the operation
- Alpha 3 control rooms of the Jaish-e-Mohammed were also destroyed in the operation.
- The strike involved a low-fly run by the Indian Air Force's fighters
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Published February 27th, 2019 at 14:45 IST