Five years of Balakote airstrikes: The Balakote airstrike also exposed the limitations of Pakistan's nuclear deterrence. Pakistan had developed tactical nuclear weapons to counter India's conventional advantage and to deter any Indian incursion into its territory.
The airstrike was the first time since the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War, wherein Indian warplanes had crossed the Line of Control and destroyed Pakistan terror camps.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath saluted the extraordinary valour of 'Indian Air Force' and said that these soldiers will always be remembered with pride.
Post the dastardly attack, tensions flared up between India and Pakistan. In the wee hours of February 26, 2019, the IAF jets bombed the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror camps in Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan.
The air strikes were undertaken days after 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed in a terror attack in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir on February 14.
Indian Air Force Vice Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal, Harjit Singh Arora said that Balakot air strike was very clear and unambiguous message that we'll no longer tolerate terrorism.
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