"Kargil War 1999" Topic
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Tango01 | 22 Jun 2020 4:02 p.m. PST |
"This new book by Sanjay Badri-Maharaj covers one of the more obscure and frankly pointless conflicts of the modern era. The Kargil War between India and Pakistan was fought between 3 May and 26 July 1999 in Kashmir. The fighting took place on mountain tops, typically 5,000 metres high. Skirmishing along the contested Line of Control (LOC) in Kashmir is commonplace. However, this was no skirmish. The Pakistan Army inserted a brigade-size group of their Northern Light Infantry and Mujahideen combatants across the LOC in Operation Badr. To eject them, the Indian Army deployed two infantry divisions (52 battalions) and 19 artillery regiments, plus air support. Indian soldiers had to climb 16,000ft with packs weighing up to 25kgs in temperatures between -5 and -11C. At places, the attack was more akin to mountain climbing with ropes. The defenders were entrenched in sub-groups of 30-40 men and even rolled stones down on the attackers…"
Full Review here link Amicalement Armand |
Thresher01 | 22 Jun 2020 7:40 p.m. PST |
Interesting. I was not aware of that. |
Tango01 | 23 Jun 2020 12:05 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile) Amicalement Armand
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Legion 4 | 23 Jun 2020 12:53 p.m. PST |
Those two nations have been having problems since India was divided after WWII. They both have nukes, but unless some jihadis get a hold of some of the those, they will probably use them against each other before anyone else. |
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