An IAF Cross-Border Operation, But The Target Wasn’t Pakistan

NEW DELHI: Talk about cross-border operations by the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the first thing that comes to mind is Pakistan’s Balakot, 2019. But three decades before that, IAF undertook another operation in a show of strength. It was a mission of a different kind and the purpose wasn’t offensive but to supply humanitarian aid to people in distress. In this episode of ‘Simply Nitin’, StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale details what triggered that operation and what followed. Operation Pawan: Role of Airpower with IPKF https://www.amazon.in/dp/9350981017/r... #operationpoomaalai #IPKF #simplynitin Support StratNews Global Strategic Affairs analysis on our website: https://stratnewsglobal.com/support-u... Subscribe to our YouTube channel:    / stratnewsgl...​   Press the 🔔 icon to get the latest updates