Kargil Intrusion Background
The Kargil intrusion refers to the conflict that took place in 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir between India and Pakistan. During this period, Pakistani soldiers and militant infiltrators occupied strategic high-altitude positions on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC). India launched a military offensive to regain control of these positions.
Pakistan's Kargil Operations Analysis
The question asks to identify the specific operation Pakistan masterminded for the Kargil intrusion. Let's examine the given options:
- Operation Black Thunder: This operation primarily refers to two major counter-insurgency operations undertaken by the Indian security forces in Punjab during the 1980s against Sikh militants. It is not related to the Kargil intrusion orchestrated by Pakistan.
- Operation Badr: This was the code name given by Pakistan's military intelligence (the Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI) to the plan for infiltrating troops and militants into the Kargil sector of Indian-administered Kashmir. The goal was to cut off the crucial Indian supply route to the Siachen Glacier and precipitate a conflict that could lead to international intervention. This operation directly relates to the Kargil intrusion.
- Operation Vijay: This was the code name for the Indian military offensive launched to recapture the strategic peaks and territory occupied by Pakistani infiltrators in the Kargil district. While crucial to the conflict, it was India's response operation, not Pakistan's plan for the intrusion itself.
- Operation Cactus: This refers to the Indian military intervention in November 1988 to thwart a coup attempt against the Maldivian government. It has no connection to the Kargil intrusion.
Identifying the Masterminded Operation
Based on the historical context:
- Operation Badr was the specific plan conceived and executed by Pakistan to infiltrate the Kargil heights.
- Operation Vijay was India's counter-operation to evict the infiltrators.
- Operations Black Thunder and Cactus are unrelated historical events.
Therefore, the operation masterminded by Pakistan for the Kargil intrusion was Operation Badr.
Important Questions from Security
Which of the following is incorrectly paired ?
1. NNWS - Non-Nuclear weapons states.2. NWFZ - Nuclear weapons fire zone.
3. UNEF - United Nations Emergency Force.
4. MAD - Mutually Assured Development
- C4ISR refers to :
- "Economic activities falling under the influence of the armed forces, regardless of whether they are controlled by the defence ministries or the various branches of the armed forces or specific units or individual officers" is often referred as _________.
- Match the incorrectly paired
1.CIRUS--Central Institute for Rural and Urban Studies.
2. DAE--Department of Atomic Energy
3. IPKF--International Peace Keeping Force
4. DEW--Distant Early Working - Assertion(A): Defense allocation is a political decision aimed at balancing security with Social concerns.
Reason(R): Resources allocated to military are not availiable for other Social needs of the nation.
