On 13th Nov, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violations along the Line of
Control (LOC) across multiple sectors which included Dawar, Keran, Uri, and Naugam.
This lead to the death of six civilians and five Indian security personnel on Indian soil
as per a report by Indian media citing the Government.
Indian Army then retaliatory in response.
According to sources, the Indian Army seemed to have used Kornet ATGMs (anti-tank guided missiles)
to hit the Pakistani army bunkers. The attack is thought to have killed
7-8 Pakistani Army personnel,
In this video Defense Updates analyzes why Chinese expert hailed the 'punishing attack' by Indian
forces on Pakistani position? Let’s get into the details.
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The 9M133 Kornet is a Russian man-portable anti-tank guided missile
(ATGM). It is primarily intended for use against main battle tanks.
It was first introduced into service with the Russian army in 1998.
It is equipped with 4.6 kg or 10 lb HEAT that is High Explosive Anti Tank warhead
and has a range of 5.5 km or 3.4 miles.
Kornet is a potent weapon in the hands of well-trained personnel- during the Iraq War,
it was used by some groups of Iraqi special forces to attack U.S. armored vehicles, disabling at
least two Abrams tanks and one Bradley infantry fighting vehicle in the opening week of the war.
India has reportedly acquired around 3,000 missiles
including over 250 launchers over the years.
A Beijing-based military expert writing in an article for a Chinese website
Sohu stated that the surprise attack by the Indian army was well planned.
He added,
“The Indian special forces first divided into multiple groups and penetrated into the launch
position late at night. In the early hours of the morning, Indian special forces carried out
both precision and long-range operations using anti-tank missile (ATGM) destroying the Pakistani
bunkers. Subsequently, the Indian artillery began to shell a stronghold of a Pakistan forward post
at an altitude of 5,000 meters, destroying the stronghold first, and then sweeping the trenches.
At the same time, the battlefield was closely monitored,
and Pakistani soldiers disappeared in the woods
after being found locked and bombarded. It can be said that it was a well-planned offensive”.
It is to be noted that any comments coming out of China
especially regarding a rival country’s capability are censored.
So, it likely that China’s power circle is in the loop and feels the same way regarding this.
The Pakistani side has also validated the action.
According to an Islamabad-based strategic affairs analyst Shahid Raza – “The video (released by the
Indian army sources) appears to be consistent with the flight profile of an anti-tank missile.
The Indian Army is using Kornet ATGMs to target Pakistani installations at the border.”
The de-facto border between China and India is the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
Both countries have a difference in perception of their actual alignment
at nearly 14 different points.
This has emerged as an issue between the two nuclear-armed nations.
On 15th June, after the PLA ambushed and killed Indian soldiers patrolling Ladakh’s Galwan Valley,
a hand-to-hand confrontation led to the deaths of numerous Chinese troops.
This was the time PLA troops were killed in action outside United Nations peacekeeping
operations in over 4 decades. Chinese President Xi was so embarrassed by this that China refuses
to admit the precise death toll whereas India honored its 20 fallen as martyrs.
The two countries have held discussions at different levels,
but tensions have simmered since then. The particular episode and Indian actions
since then seem to have made China realize that India is no pushover and
this understanding is sinking in slowly at different levels of the Chinese military.