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The concept of a surgical strike in international parlance is a strike which is carried through air or through remote missiles or rockets from a distance or by para dropping the forces for the purpose at the site, by avoiding the air surveillance system. The purpose of this action is to avoid collateral damage to the civilian lives and property and more importantly to avoid risk to our own soldiers. This is generally done by the US, Russia, France and other big powers in Iraq, Syria and other places.
The Indian action does not fall in this category as the troops were sent to the site of action and the risk to their lives was involved. They were Para dropped near the LoC and had to wade their way to the site of action. At the most it can be described as Sophisticated Commando Raid on Specific Targets. This is the view that is coming from Global Defence Analysts.
India is developing the capacity for surgical strikes in the form of unmanned Arial vehicles Rustom I and Rustom II are still in different stages of development and testing.
Pakistan has one of the best Air surveillance system, which is constantly monitored by China. Pakistan is also the world's highest spender of its GDP on defence. India knows all this and is strategically preparing itself for to meet the challenge. It is just a matter of time before India acquires the capability to conduct precision surgical strikes like the big powers.
When you look back, it seems to be a well planned strategy by the National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. The army seems to have been coaxed to use the phrase 'Surgical Strike' probably to increase the value of the action. The denial of the strike by Pakistan seems to have come as a shock to Mr. Doval , because Pakistan usually cries as victim and garners support and sympathy from the world. International community has slowly come to realize that India has overvalued its action.
It is neither the government fault or that of the Indian Army. the fault lies with the overenthusiastic advisor Mr. Ajit doval. A more experienced strategist like Brijesh Mishra and Brahma Chellany(Advisors to Shri. Vajpayee) would have handled it in a very matured way.
But not all is so gloomy for India. We are fast acquiring and developing technology to do what the advanced countries in the world are doing. Next time, it will not only be a high precision surgical strike, it will also bea decisive one.
The dust seems have settled after the absurdities thrown by
various political parties including the BJP. The Prime Minister’s advice to his
party members to not to indulge in chest thumping comes very late and after
damaging has already been done by the politicians.
As for people, some consider him to be a god, some others
think he is a villain with all negative traits. No one considers him to be a
normal human being with normal positive and negative human traits. This being
the situation, the political neutral human beings like me have to be careful
while writing on sensitive issues like the “surgical strikes”. At the risk of
bombarded from both the sides, I am writing this article, which, I repeat has
nothing to do with politics in India. It is just an analysis and evaluation of
the strike in relation to India military structure and development. It is an
amateur analysis, based on my knowledge and experience in the defence field. I
have deliberately delayed the article to allow the passions to come down. I
have carefully studied international and defence analysts opinion before
venturing out to write this article.
A surgical strike operation by Indian forces begs the question of the military’s capability to launch such an attack.
The concept of a surgical strike in international parlance is a strike which is carried through air or through remote missiles or rockets from a distance or by para dropping the forces for the purpose at the site, by avoiding the air surveillance system. The purpose of this action is to avoid collateral damage to the civilian lives and property and more importantly to avoid risk to our own soldiers. This is generally done by the US, Russia, France and other big powers in Iraq, Syria and other places.
The Indian action does not fall in this category as the troops were sent to the site of action and the risk to their lives was involved. They were Para dropped near the LoC and had to wade their way to the site of action. At the most it can be described as Sophisticated Commando Raid on Specific Targets. This is the view that is coming from Global Defence Analysts.
India is developing the capacity for surgical strikes in the form of unmanned Arial vehicles Rustom I and Rustom II are still in different stages of development and testing.
Pakistan has one of the best Air surveillance system, which is constantly monitored by China. Pakistan is also the world's highest spender of its GDP on defence. India knows all this and is strategically preparing itself for to meet the challenge. It is just a matter of time before India acquires the capability to conduct precision surgical strikes like the big powers.
When you look back, it seems to be a well planned strategy by the National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. The army seems to have been coaxed to use the phrase 'Surgical Strike' probably to increase the value of the action. The denial of the strike by Pakistan seems to have come as a shock to Mr. Doval , because Pakistan usually cries as victim and garners support and sympathy from the world. International community has slowly come to realize that India has overvalued its action.
It is neither the government fault or that of the Indian Army. the fault lies with the overenthusiastic advisor Mr. Ajit doval. A more experienced strategist like Brijesh Mishra and Brahma Chellany(Advisors to Shri. Vajpayee) would have handled it in a very matured way.
But not all is so gloomy for India. We are fast acquiring and developing technology to do what the advanced countries in the world are doing. Next time, it will not only be a high precision surgical strike, it will also bea decisive one.
Since this is an Indian article for the global audiences, I will not dwell
into the accusations and counter accusations being leveled by the politicians
in India.
Your insights please,
Shyam
An interesting update.....
Former DGMO says that there were no "Surgical Strikes" during UPA government rule. The present DGMO Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh will also make similar statement about the Sept.29 2016 "Surgical Strike" when he retires. Just and see..
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