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

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Hope this gets done fast now. Currently CRPF has just 1 MALE UAV

http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/india/...quires-an-indigenous-focus-10879-1003697.html
Now, however, the CRPF is turning towards the Defence Research and Development Organization's (DRDO's) Nishant UAV. CRPF officials have found that the Nishant, if deployed in numbers offers them much superior value than a single or a few MALE UAVs and that too without the need to set up substantial ground based infrastructure to support the same. Additionally they have learnt that DRDO was in a position to deploy a couple of UAV's with immediate effect for operations against the Maoists.
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As such CRPF is currently looking to procure up to 16 Nishant UAVs with HAL being engaged in the production of the same.
This a foliage penetration. The best foliage penetration radar is with US and they will not sell it. Hope we can manage that on our own, even if it turns out bigger and has to be mounted on Dhruvs.
 

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Did IA carried out similar operation before as well? Or is it new development and coordination with Myanmar has increased?
Yes, IA carried out similar op before in coordination with Burmese Army. IIRC it is in 1995.
This time also Myanmar Army has given the go ahead but the op may be solo. The raided area may be not very far from International border.
Congratulations to the Op team for their success. More such ops required, specially along Arunachal -Myanmar border. Thank you Myanmar!
 

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Why don't we have terrorism, our special forces and NH90's sit useless...life is not fair. Glory to brave hindu warriors! Do you call your helicopter troops "flying elephants", like US call theirs " cavalry"?
 

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Why don't we have terrorism, our special forces and NH90's sit useless...life is not fair. Glory to brave hindu warriors! Do you call your helicopter troops "flying elephants", like US call theirs " cavalry"?
Such patriotism! You just made me cry!

Should I pray for your wish to be fulfilled?
 

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Nopes, this was a cross-border OP. The terrorists had already fled into Myanmar's jungles.

It is a seems a joint operation, intel sharing, logistics etc...etc ..... !

Myanmar pact to help India contain North-East militancy

Myanmar pact to help India contain North-East militancy
Elizabeth Roche
New Delhi: As part of an effort to contain terror groups operating out of its neighbourhood, India has signed a mutual legal assistance agreement through which Indian insurgents held in Myanmar can be deported for trial under Indian laws.
India had been pushing for the pact with Myanmar for two-and-a-half decades. It was signed during the 25-29 July visit of Than Shwe, the leader of Myanmar’s military government.
The deal will help India “combat transnational organized crimes, trans-border terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering, counterfeit currency, smuggling of arms and explosives,” the home ministry said.
“Under the provisions of the treaty signed last week, Indian insurgents caught in Myanmar can be handed over to India,” a senior home ministry official said.
A foreign ministry official added that such insurgents can then be tried under Indian laws. Both spoke on condition of anonymity.
India shares a 1,640km unfenced border with Myanmar. This has allowed militant outfits of India’s north-east—where tribal and ethnic groups are fighting for greater autonomy or independence—to use Myanmar as a springboard for hit-and-run strikes.
At least half a dozen such outfits, including the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) and the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang faction, are alleged to have training camps in northern Myanmar, although they are also known to shift operations across Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal as well.
Ved Marwah, a former governor of the north-eastern state of Manipur, which borders Myanmar, said the deal provides India with an important instrument to fight insurgency.
“It sends a message to the militants that they are not safe or as secure as they thought operating out of neighbouring countries,” said Marwah, who is also a former home ministry official in charge of India’s internal security.
This is the first time that Myanmar—which faces international censure for lack of democracy and a poor human rights record—has signed such an agreement with any country, another foreign ministry official said.
“We have been seeking this kind of help since the mid-1980s,” he said, requesting anonymity. “Several people (on India’s ‘wanted’ list) are already in custody in Myanmar.”
Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, India offered unflinching support to Myanmar’s pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. But it has changed tack after realizing that insurgent groups operating in the North-East were able to establish bases in Myanmar.
Since then, the country has actively engaged the junta, investing in infrastructure projects, exploring oil and gas blocks and offering credit.
During Than Shwe’s visit, India promised nearly $200 million (Rs930 crore) for projects in Myanmar, ranging from road construction and boosting agricultural production to building power transmission lines and railways.
Analysts said the growing ties were in the interest of both nations.
“There are (only a) few countries wanting to engage with Myanmar, and India is one of them,” said Manmohini Kaul, professor at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. “They want to balance Chinese influence in their country with India, which is the world’s largest democracy (and) an economic power.”
India has signed similar legal assistance pacts with nearly 30 countries, including Nepal, Bangladesh, the US, Britain, Russia and the United Arab Emirates, said the home ministry.
The importance of such pacts became obvious in December, when Bangladesh handed over several key Ulfa militants to India, including the outfit’s top leader Arabinda Rajkhowa and military operations deputy chief Raju Barua.
But another official said cooperation ultimately depends on political will, and there are instances when countries decline to help each other despite being bound by agreements.
“For example, there is a Saarc (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) convention on terrorism that obliges all member states to cooperate against terror. But some countries cite legal problems or other difficulties to find a way out,” the official said, requesting anonymity. “The case of Bangladesh is an example, however, of the government there being forthcoming and handing over the wanted militants.”

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/tb...o-help-India-contain-NorthEast-militancy.html
 

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Why don't we have terrorism, our special forces and NH90's sit useless...life is not fair. Glory to brave hindu warriors! Do you call your helicopter troops "flying elephants", like US call theirs " cavalry"?
You probably got carried away but then nobody should wish terrorism on his own people.

We have to live with this for things done or left undone, in the past. Given a chance I will give up glory to ensure we don't have to deal with terrorists. But as they say Karma is a she dog and believe me that is exactly how it was meant to be. So I just accept terrorism as part of karmic debt.

About naming, well currently there are too many different outfits that will use helos in that manner. But elephant rather the Indic 'Gaj' is a good suggestion as a naming convention - Gajendra, Gajprahaar. But normally people would rather prefer something like prefix 'Vajra' for nomenclature purposes of this kind.
 

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Why don't we have terrorism, our special forces and NH90's sit useless...life is not fair. Glory to brave hindu warriors! Do you call your helicopter troops "flying elephants", like US call theirs " cavalry"?
@jouni - you should see a doctor. You bring in your stupid country in every discussion. Why our country does not have terrorism? Why we don't hate Russia? Check any thread and look at your responses!!
 

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Why don't we have terrorism, our special forces and NH90's sit useless...life is not fair. Glory to brave hindu warriors! Do you call your helicopter troops "flying elephants", like US call theirs " cavalry"?
You can always send them to Donbass or even better Moscow.:devil:

No but we call our Il-76 "Gajaraj". King of elephants.
 

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Why don't we have terrorism, our special forces and NH90's sit useless...life is not fair. Glory to brave hindu warriors! Do you call your helicopter troops "flying elephants", like US call theirs " cavalry"?
Be careful what you wish for dude !!

Terror is not a joke !
 

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You probably got carried away but then nobody should wish terrorism on his own people.

We have to live with this for things done or left undone, in the past. Given a chance I will give up glory to ensure we don't have to deal with terrorists. But as they say Karma is a she dog and believe me that is exactly how it was meant to be. So I just accept terrorism as part of karmic debt.

About naming, well currently there are too many different outfits that will use helos in that manner. But elephant rather the Indic 'Gaj' is a good suggestion as a naming convention - Gajendra, Gajprahaar. But normally people would rather prefer something like prefix 'Vajra' for nomenclature purposes of this kind.
Sorry, tried a bad joke. Regarding Karmic debt, I must google that.
 

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Little chances, militants are operating from Myanmar hence there were little success before. It is wise to cover up the possible cross border operations even if it is a joint op. Remember Bhutan? The widespread news was about Indian forces didn't enter Bhutan but in reality they were fighting along side Bhutan Army.
If India has done this operation unilaterally .... Myanmar would have objected and condemned it by now.
 

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