Kinda of makes sense!!
Because Pakis have always been saying that Indian jets only came 3-4 kms across LOC, & dropped 'payload' in Balakote. This was confusing initially, but thought the Pakis were lying!
Also, in my mind I was always thinking if Spice-2000 was used (which can travel about 100kms) why would the Mirages risk flying 80kms into enemy territory!! I had tried to rationalize earlier that 'maybe' IAF wanted to be extra sure the bombs reached the precise target and flew closer to the target!
In a funny riposte, Pakis tried to do the exact same maneuver as IAF, only they didn't have 100kms standoff weapon - but instead dropped some gravity bombs across the LOC