The Kargil War (new title, all aspects)

[Ray]

If one can lay his hands on the book "A Ridge Too Far" by Capt Amarinder Singh, who is ex Maharaja of Patiala, one would be able to get an idea of the Kargil War.

He was there after the war and interacted with the people and the units and with us at the Div and then wrote the book.

I would take the IAF doing a great job not very seriously, though the helicopters (Army and IAF) did much service.

Attack on objectives from the air which are narrow and just a spot on the ground by flying in laterally across the mountain ridges and narrow valleys with high performance jets is not an easy matter.

The IAF was new to this type of warfare is the best way to explain.




(courtesy Bharat Rakshak)

[omarali50]

Pakistan Air Force role in Kargil has been well covered by PAF officers (and seems like the truth to an outside observer): http://kaiser-aeronaut.blogspot.com/...air-force.html