Indian special forces carry out cross border operation into Myanmar. Several militants killed

[anupamsurey]

looks like Pakis went weeping before PAPA Amrika, I don't doubt that they even begged before Papa, to tell India to show restrain.

 

[cobra commando]

Why so squeamish? It’s time to trumpet India's military success

 

[cobra commando]

Myanmar operation sends a larger political message: India will pay back, if provoked

 

[Screambowl]

looks like Pakis went weeping before PAPA Amrika, I don't doubt that they even begged before Papa, to tell India to show restrain.

May be because Baki assets are blown off in that operation.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

I don`t listen them or think much abt them, It just some members is a little off because of it ..

kunal we all know this anchor and rest of paki media are cheap and fact twister. they can only fool their jahil awam not the world.

 

[Blackwater]

I don`t listen them or think much abt them, It just some members is a little off because of it ..

come on mate. i listen to them because it helps me to answer nature calls in morning. i save money on laxactive.


i laugh so much much i relieve myself in morning with relief


thanks to jahil pakis

 

[Bhadra]

21 Para (Special Forces) Commando told "Inside Story of Myanmar Operation"
http://www.dailydefencenews.com/2015/06/21-para-special-forces-commando-told.html

Subedar, who hails from Sullia, is home for some much-needed R&R. But what his wife and other members of his inner circle didn’t know until he walked through the door of their home is that had led a team of commandos into Myanmar to lay waste to a militant camp under cover of darkness, and then as quickly hot-footed it back to the Indian side. A Myanmarese insider took them through the dense jungle and the troops of 21 Para crept up on the sleeping militants and burnt their camps to a cinder. In the first such account of the actual operation, the brave subedar tells that there was not one moment of doubt that they would succeed.On the morning of June 6, his wife called to wish her husband on their 14th anniversary. She noticed at once that he seemed very distracted and quite unlike his usual, gregarious self. What she didn’t know was that her husband’s focus was concentrated on what would become one of the Indian Army’s most celebrated strikes – the cross-border attack into militant camps deep inside Myanmar, one that has shaken India’s neighbours, who have become accustomed to a government that always played it by the book.

The 21 Para (Special Forces) commando who just about remembered to wish his wife on their anniversary, merely said that he was busy preparing for an ‘operation’ that he was about to set out on, which he couldn’t discuss. He also told her that he would not be available on the telephone for the next three to four days.
It was only after his safe return that his wife learned the shocking truth – her husband was part of the crack team of commandos who entered Myanmar and eliminated about 50 Northeast insurgents. While he remained a faceless, nameless operative, the operation, which drew international attention transformed India from a country known more for its passive stance into one that would no longer stand for any challenges to its sovereignty.
He join the Maratha Regiment in 1991, he completed his Para Commando course and joined the elite 21 Para (SF) in 1996. His family lives in Sullia and his elder brother is a serving member of the CISF in Rajasthan. Both brothers were inspired by an uncle, who is serving in the Army.

“I am proud that I was part of this prestigious operation that killed the Northeast insurgents. We were successful in killing the terrorists who had killed our jawans in Manipur few days ago. It was special as it was a cross border operation. This strike has surely increased the morale of our armed forces,” Commando told this newspaper.

He was the squad commander during the operation, which was carried out by two teams. While one team had been pulled together from Manipur, the other team of 21 Para (SF) team with 57 commandos had gone in from Nagaland.

“I was not hesitant or scared. This was not my first operation. I was part of several such operations including Operation Loktak. But this was really challenging as we had to walk for about 30 kms, cross the Indian border on foot and enter Myanmar without being noticed by the enemy,” he said.

Within hours of the Chandel ambush, the army began gathering details of the enemy, with the commandos being put on alert for a possible attack on the militant’s camps. The daily gruelling drills that they normally endured were now stretched over about three days, he said.

As the commandos, who included both ambush and attack teams, had to ensure the operation remained under wraps, they went through the motions of joining the Assam Rifles team that left to Teknyo village on the morning of June 6, ostensibly to a medical camp.

The real challenge began after the team left the medical camp and began marching towards the border with every commando now well aware that he had to cover about 30 kms on foot for the next two days. The commandos kept close to the Teknyo Sao rivulet to reach the target.

The journey was not easy as they carried a bag that weighed at least 30 kg and had to cover some 30 kms of unknown terrain that was mostly thick jungle, through the night of June 8 and into the early hours of June 9, with the estimated time of attack set for of 3.30 am.

The only food that the Special Ops team had was dry rations that would last for a maximum of three days. Apart from keeping themselves hidden from the militants, they had to thresh through dense forest, aware that any false move could attract not just enemy fire but wild animals and worst of all, leeches.

Movement was severely restricted during the day, to avoid attracting attention. At night, the commandos moved through the darkness, crossing the forested hills and picking their way through the rivers with one eye on the time.

A chance Myanmarese insider was to prove their best informant. After trekking almost continuously for nearly 48 hours, once the commandos crossed into Myanmar, the soldiers finally closed in on the enemy camp. It was 2.30 am on June 9. The local villager explained the tricky terrain and showed them the safest route to the enemy camp. The enemy camp was situated 3 kms inside Myanmar border.

Around 3.30 am on June 9, the commandos had the the enemy camp encircled, the 15 huts in their gunsights as they opened fire. The terrorists, sleeping inside the camp had no inkling that the Indian armed forces would launch an attack deep inside the Myanmar border, said the subedar. The firing lasted for just about 15-20 minutes. “All the terrorists were killed and the huts destroyed by our Indian commandos,” he said. The team used the guns, rocket launchers and explosives that they had brought with them. Some of the militants who tried to fire were killed before they could pull the trigger.

“We caught them completely by surprise. Within minutes of laying waste to the camp, we retraced our steps and embarked on the nine-km trek back on foot. The most difficult 9 kms, really. As we had walked in water for several hours, our skin was damp and we had all sustained multiple abrasions along the way, along with the small wounds caused by leeches,” the subedar said.

“But yes, none of that seemed to matter. We had had the satisfaction of flushing out the militants who killed our brothers in Manipur,” said subedar. “We are proud of of having been part of the first permitted cross-border operation.”

His wife, who is happy about her husband’s participation in the operation, has no qualms in admitting her fears and concern for his safety. “I am happy that he was part of this operation. But we have seen the militants attacking jawans and armed forces in the Northeast and that makes me very concerned about him. However, I never voice my fears to him aloud as he does not like me being scared. He has been part of several such operations and I am proud of him,” she said.

SOURCE : ASIAN AGE

 

[bennedose]

with a heavy heart posting this here...Sad
A fcked paki anchor referred to DFI to defame IA

No need for a heavy heart sir.

I extend my congratulations to DFI because it is being watched and read in Pakhanastan That means that DFI, if used wisely can manipulate opinions in NaPakistan

Good for DFI. :biggrin2:

 

[Bhadra]

@Bhadra please read my statement again. Nepalese Gurkhas in Indian/British armies and those serving the French Foreign legions are generally thought to be exempted from the International laws and conventions governing the Mercenaries. But like all international conventions, this is open to interpretation. I had just raised a Technical Point, and I had no intention of insulting/demeaning anybody.

Foreigners serving in Indian/UK/French armies are not naturally entitled to citizenship of those respective countries. In fact Gurkhas serving in the British army were not allowed to get British Passport before 2009. Also, like @pmaitra pointed out, a large number of Gorkhas serving in the IA are Indian Citizens.

BTW, My argument was on the topic of use of Napalm during Kargil War. Technically speaking, India had not declared a "war". Use of incendiaries was the most effective way of smoking out those rats who were occupying the bunkers and that s what we did. Those bunkers were built by the IA and could withstand heavy pounding. Pakistan had already disowned those rats as non-regulars, hence nobody was going to fight for their Human Rights or challenge the way through which we made them meet their creator.



Until all the operational details are available Army usually keeps it concise but vague.

Sending any sort of "message" is the job of the political leadership. In our case our Media sent more number of "Messages" than the politicians did through their interpretations and misinterpretations.

@DingDong

I appreciate your point of view. However, a few clarifications :

* Majority of Gorkhas serving in IA, Assam Rifles, CPOs, AirForce and Navy etc are Nepali subjects / citizens contrary to claims otherwise.
* Till the time they serve in any one of the govt organisations, all Indian laws apply to them and they can claim any immunity otherwise.
* All the members of the Armed Forces whether subject of Nepal, Bhutan or Tibet ( mind you Tibet) erstwhile Burma, migrants of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indians abroad ( say in Kynia or Fizi) are at par with and to be treated as citizens of India except for a few rights like voting - within territorial jurisdiction of India, on ship, in air or abroad including Peace Keeping Missions . These are called peace Keeping missions but those are military mission with armed soldiers with authority to wage wars under UN mandate. Indian soldiers have taken part in many conflict such as Kongo, Somalia etc under UN Missions.

* Due to virtue of the provisions of India - Nepal friendship treaty Citizens of Nepal and India have few mutual rights like employment in each others country, right of property etc The common impression that Nepalaies get more benefited by that is false as Indian enjoy more beneficial positions due to these provisions.

* Pakistan in past has raised this question adversely but of no consequences.

* The Chief of the Nepalese Army is the honorary Chief of Indian Army and vice versa.

* Lakhs of our ex servicemen in Nepal are the corner stone of our goodwill in volatile Nepal which China is assiduously trying to grab.

* * This / comments on this the question affects the feelings of the people of two countries and hence sensitive and should be treated carefully and with sense of responsibility.

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I hope I have made my stand clear and there was no effort to hurt your feeling. Ecept for some arrogancy, this debate would have finished in two posts.

 

[cobra commando]

NSA Advisor Doval Meets Myanmar Counterpart, Discuss Security Cooperation

NEW DELHI: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval today held comprehensive talks with Myanmarese President U Thein Sein and top defence brass on security cooperation in Myanmar, days after Indian Army carried out a counter-insurgency offensive along the Indo-Myanmar border. Enhancing security cooperation between the two countries was the main focus of the meetings which were also attended by Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar. According to sources, Doval and Jaishankar called on President Sein, Commander-in-Chief and Foreign Minister and the discussions included "continued security cooperation and coordination along the India- Myanmar border and on other bilateral issues". The officials are on day-long visit to Myanmar. Doval has been closely involved in planning the June 9 operation along the India- Myanmar border in which India invoked May 2014 Border Agreement with Myanmar on border cooperation which provides for a framework for security cooperation and exchange of information between security agencies of the two countries. A key provision of the pact was conduct of coordinated patrols on their respective sides of the international border and the maritime boundary by the Armed Forces of the two countries. In a pre-dawn cross-border operation, elite commandos of the army in coordination with the air force went a few kilometres inside Myanmarese territory to destroy two camps of insurgents hiding there after their recent attacks in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh by suspected NSCN(K) and KYKL groups.

NSA Advisor Doval Meets Myanmar Counterpart, Discuss Security Cooperation

 

[mikhail]

Ray sir would have loved these operations!! I'm sure he is at peace and appreciating it!!

What do you mean by that sir??I mean what about Ray sir??Is he alright??

 

[tarunraju]

What do you mean by that sir??I mean what about Ray sir??Is he alright??

He's in Valhalla.

http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/brigadier-ray-no-more.68252/

 

[rock127]

Myanmar army moves closer to border with India in a bid to choke NE insurgents

Closing in on the militant camps operating in Myanmmar, the army of that country has positioned itself nearer the Indian border in a bid to choke the supply route of insurgents after surgical strikes by Indian forces earlier this month.The current operation is aimed at insurgent camps operating in Taga of Myanmmar which requires seven days of travel through dense jungles from Indo-Myanmmar border, official sources said here.

Taga has camps of several insurgent outfits including NSCN(K) and UNLP, they said.

The sources said that by positioning themselves along the border with India, Myanmmar’s forces are not allowing anyone from Indian side to carry ration more than two kilograms to cross the border which is expected to leave the insurgents short of supplies.The presence of Myanmmar’s forces has helped increase vigil along the border with Indian forces already keeping a hawk’s eye on the movement in the hilly areas, they said.

The insurgents operating in North Eastern region of the country often threaten villagers asking them to provide them with daily provision, food supplies and intelligence about the movement of forces, they said.

This movement of villagers has now been blocked because of the increased presence of uniformed men on both sides of the border having a difficult terrain and dense forests which provide a hideout to the insurgents and their informers.The coming of the two forces close to each other on either side of the border will also increase the understanding between them which will further facilitate smooth carrying out of operations against the insurgents, they said.

In an attack claimed to be surgical strikes, Indian Army commandos had hit two camps of insurgents at two locations along the Nagaland and Manipur borders with Myanmmar, inflicting serious damage on insurgents.

The action was in retaliation to an attack on an army convoy in Chandel in Manipur on June 4 when 18 soldiers were killed.It was noticed that insurgents would sneak in from across the border to carry out their strikes and then return there, they said while justifying the cross-border assault.

NSCN(K), which reneged from a ceasefire in March, has been involved in a series of attacks in tandem with some other militant groups under the banner of ‘United Liberation Front of South East Asia’.

 

[OneGrimPilgrim]

HT has published a report today citing intelligence officials telling that in the earlier strike no insurgent of NSCN (K) was killed, giving validity to the statement by the outfit that they had suffered no casualties in the attack.

 

[rock127]

HT has published a report today citing intelligence officials telling that in the earlier strike no insurgent of NSCN (K) was killed, giving validity to the statement by the outfit that they had suffered no casualties in the attack.

Who are those intelligence officials?

I hope it's not Burka/Sagarika/Rajdeep et al.

 

[OneGrimPilgrim]

Rebels behind Manipur strike survived Indian Army's Myanmar raid?

The army’s daring June 9 cross-border Myanmar raid didn’t kill any of the Naga rebels who had ambushed and killed 18 soldiers in Manipur five days earlier, latest intelligence inputs have revealed.

After the rare intervention across the border, the defence ministry in a statement claimed to have inflicted “significant casualties’’ on the insurgents who carried out the worst attack on the army in almost 30 years. Top government officials, however, now say the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) rebels were not among the dead.

“The process of collating intelligence from human sources is a time consuming exercise given the terrain and topography along the border between the Northeast and Myanmar, but it is clear that NSCN (K) insurgents remain unscathed,’’ an intelligence official said.

The army didn’t reveal the number of insurgents killed but during off-the-record briefings the figures varied from 20 to 100.

Wireless intercepts and information gathered on the ground, however, point to the Naga insurgents surviving the overnight raid by the army’s elite paratroopers.

Intercepts also indicate the fact that Niki Sumi, SS Khaplang’s military adviser and self-styled lieutenant general, who is believed to have masterminded the June 4 attack is in touch with his troops.

In a briefing after the operation, the army had said it had “credible and specific intelligence that further attacks were being planned within our own territory’’ by the same group that had struck in Chandel, Manipur.

Soon after the raid, the NSCN (K), which abrogated ceasefire with the Indian government in March, had in a statement questioned the army’s claim of inflicting “significant casualties”, saying the group had not suffered any losses. Intelligence coming in from multiple agencies now seems to support the claim.

When reached for comments, a spokesperson for the ministry of defence said, “The aim was to give the insurgents a clear message that they can’t mess with us.”

Officials familiar with the counterattack said they knocked out a rebel camp and that it was not for them to count the bodies. “Those responsible for killing our soldiers will also get killed sometime soon,’’ an officer said.

The army continues to be on an alert in the northeast. “We are watching the insurgents and their camps along the India-Myanmar border. Retaliatory strikes by the insurgents cannot be ruled out,’’ an official said.

The northeast has a number of rebel groups fighting for separate homelands.

this is what the report carries. an air of ambiguity surrounds it, but the worse that could happen is the likes of late praful bidwai jumping up and proclaiming "see we told you so! we bet it were the innocent civilians who were murdered."