Surgical strikes across LoC: Planning the operation

Pakistan received yet another public smack-down from the United States for its loose talk about using nuclear weapons against India.

The commander, Brigadier K Somashanker, will stay "shifted out" until an investigation, currently underway, on the attack is concluded.

Terror attack on Uri Army camp, 19 soldiers killed, over 20 injured.

PM Modi briefed with detailed maps and sand models in military ops directorate with Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag and Northern Command chief Lt-Gen D S Hooda.

PM gives go-ahead for surgical strikes after another briefing in MO Directorate.

&bull; Army had 7 launch pads, 1.5km to 6.5km across LoC, under constant surveillance through spy drones.<br /> <br /> &bull; Launch pads are shelters from where infiltration bids are made.<br /> <br /> &bull; Terrorists belonging to multiple groups assemble here typically for 24-48 hours before trying to cross over.<br /> <br /> &bull; Each launch pad has 10-20 terrorists, 4-5 guides &amp; 5-10 support people at any given time.

&bull; Army put to use Isro&rsquo;s Cartosat images for the first time.<br /> <br /> &bull; Cartosat-2C added teeth to India&rsquo;s military surveillance capabilities.<br /> <br /> &bull; It&rsquo;s been providing high-resolution images of 0.65m, an improvement over the 0.8m resolution of earlier missions.

AOI images, which are taken from space and are corrected to a uniform scale, proved useful to the Army.