2019 – Posted in: Daily News – Tags: balakot air strike

OPERATION BANDAR

The air strike by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on a terrorist training camp in Balakot, Pakistan, was code-named ‘Operation Bandar’.

The operation, titled ‘Bandar’, was IAF’s first strike inside Pakistan since the 1971 Indo-Pak war.
The ‘pre-emptive’ airstrikes were conducted 12 days after the terror outfit claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Kashmir, killing at least 40 soldiers.
IAF had deployed 12 Mirage 2000 fighter jets for the attack.
The plan was to hit the Balakot terrorist facility with two separate types of munitions – Spice 2000 and the Crystal Maze.
The Spice 2000 air-droppable bomb is designed to penetrate structures before exploding. The Spice 2000 is a fire and forget weapon.
Crystal Maze is equipped to send a live video feed of the target as it is being struck. However, a low cloud cover on the night of the attack prevented the IAF from launching Crystal Maze.

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